(((i fell into audiophilia 15 yrs ago. the tributaries were too bright, but the audioquest seemed to tame it with my aforementioned vandersteens. i was happy for 13+years until this week.)))
(((. strong violins for instance tend to sound harsh and cause me to wince a bit. )))
Great pre amp My suggestion would be don't mod it.
Find a pre owned ARC 100.2 with AQ cables and go back to set of pre owned Vandies you almost had a great system in place.
The ARC amps 100 k plus input imp is spot on with AI 2D when run together.
Sometimes we need to trace our steps backwards.
JohnnyR
(((. strong violins for instance tend to sound harsh and cause me to wince a bit. )))
Great pre amp My suggestion would be don't mod it.
Find a pre owned ARC 100.2 with AQ cables and go back to set of pre owned Vandies you almost had a great system in place.
The ARC amps 100 k plus input imp is spot on with AI 2D when run together.
Sometimes we need to trace our steps backwards.
JohnnyR