Chris,
Hello. I only just now discovered this thread.
Allow me to offer you a belated congratulations on acquiring one of Don's Model 2 preamps. I'm not at all surprised you've enjoyed its sound. I'd like to ask you for a little more information concerning the mods you made.
"As an update, I’m currently running a heavily modified don sachs ds2 6sn7 preamp. Over the past year and a half of ownership I’ve replaced the stock capacitors with Duelund tinned copper CASTs on my main output, mundorf supremes on the secondary subwoofer output, replaced the input and output RCAs with pure silver wbt connectors, replaced all signal wire with 99.999% pure solid core silver, and placed a copper shield over the power supply."
Did you perform the mods all at the same time, or piecemeal so that you could hear differences each time?
If you made the changes one at a time, which mod made the biggest positive change for you?
Did any of the mods make little or no difference?
Which would you recommend as a first mod?
So here's a little background on my Model 2 preamps. Earlier this year, I bought Don's newest rendition because I was intensely curious about how it sounds compared to the one I bought in 2015. [I just had to buy it. I'm sure you understand.] The new one has the Polish caps in the first out to best pair to my Kootenay 120. [I have no plans to mod this unit.] I may be persuaded to make some mods to my older Model 2 preamp. It's got the left and right gain dials and the original 6AX5 rectifier tube. The main out caps are Jupiter Cu, and ??? caps for subwoofer out. [Yeah, I lost track of what they are, but I'll eventually open up the bottom panel to refresh my memory.] Anyway, I can ask a friend to help me with the rectifier change. I've wondered about mods like the ones above, but never actually got serious about it because I absolutely love its sound. I'm interested in the changes you experienced as a result of the changes you made.
I look forward to your reply.
Regards,
Michael
Hello. I only just now discovered this thread.
Allow me to offer you a belated congratulations on acquiring one of Don's Model 2 preamps. I'm not at all surprised you've enjoyed its sound. I'd like to ask you for a little more information concerning the mods you made.
"As an update, I’m currently running a heavily modified don sachs ds2 6sn7 preamp. Over the past year and a half of ownership I’ve replaced the stock capacitors with Duelund tinned copper CASTs on my main output, mundorf supremes on the secondary subwoofer output, replaced the input and output RCAs with pure silver wbt connectors, replaced all signal wire with 99.999% pure solid core silver, and placed a copper shield over the power supply."
Did you perform the mods all at the same time, or piecemeal so that you could hear differences each time?
If you made the changes one at a time, which mod made the biggest positive change for you?
Did any of the mods make little or no difference?
Which would you recommend as a first mod?
So here's a little background on my Model 2 preamps. Earlier this year, I bought Don's newest rendition because I was intensely curious about how it sounds compared to the one I bought in 2015. [I just had to buy it. I'm sure you understand.] The new one has the Polish caps in the first out to best pair to my Kootenay 120. [I have no plans to mod this unit.] I may be persuaded to make some mods to my older Model 2 preamp. It's got the left and right gain dials and the original 6AX5 rectifier tube. The main out caps are Jupiter Cu, and ??? caps for subwoofer out. [Yeah, I lost track of what they are, but I'll eventually open up the bottom panel to refresh my memory.] Anyway, I can ask a friend to help me with the rectifier change. I've wondered about mods like the ones above, but never actually got serious about it because I absolutely love its sound. I'm interested in the changes you experienced as a result of the changes you made.
I look forward to your reply.
Regards,
Michael