is there anyone that modifies audible illusions?

Will gold lions hold up to the high gain of the ai ? Iirc the 2 series was even harder on tubes than the later 3.

If possible can the earlier poster describe more in detail the differences bw the 2 and 3?

Hifi geek, do you have a website or can you post more info?

Thank you everyone,
Brad

(((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

My daughter has already appropriated my old vandys. Fwiw I am very happy with the gallo 3.5 but will always speak highly of richard vandersteen. I wish it had been possible to audition the gallo and vandy sig 3a. But, no dice. In addition the price on the new gallos was too good to pass up. All in all no regrets.