You might accomplish some of this by adopting some changes I made to my Druids. First off, forget about using any silver cabling with the Druids. It puzzles me why everyone including Zu recommends silver and silver-based hybrids. Maybe because Druids tend to be a bit dark sounding and they figure silver would be a better match. Therefore, it's a counter intuitive move to go all copper. Until you use a high quality pcocc stranded copper speaker cable you simply wont hear anywhere near the potential of these drivers. These cables does take a long time to break in though.
Second, do the Mundorf silver oil cap mod. You can do the Dueland resistor mod as well, though I don't believe this is entirely necessary.
Third, change the wire harness to the same wire as the one used for the speaker cable. You will want to solder the wire directly to the drivers. Forget about the surprisingly crappy connectors Zu used. This is a tricky mod to accomplish especially if you are not particularly handy. But it is well worth the effort.
The entire upgrade including speaker cables cost a little over $600, about the cost of the new drivers. However, I don't think changing to the new drivers will bring you anywhere near the improvements gained here. These speakers are now so neutral from top to bottom, yet at the same time refined and smooth, that its just simply unbelievable. Soundstage now extends way beyond the speaker boundaries in such a way that my listening room simply disappears. I can now stand beside one speaker and the soundstage does not simply collapse to that side as it did before. Listeners to the sides of the sweet spot now have a much more inclusive experience. There are other benefits as well including a more extended bass with greater dynamics and definition across the board. Tonality is more true to life. Imaging is more precise with better separation and great layering.
The changes are so dramatic that I'd now willingly put this speaker up against a Superfly and and wouldn't be too surprised to come out ahead. Superfly owners should at least consider trying a pcocc based speaker cable. As with all things audio, the usual disclaimers will apply, ymmv, imo, etc, etc...
Second, do the Mundorf silver oil cap mod. You can do the Dueland resistor mod as well, though I don't believe this is entirely necessary.
Third, change the wire harness to the same wire as the one used for the speaker cable. You will want to solder the wire directly to the drivers. Forget about the surprisingly crappy connectors Zu used. This is a tricky mod to accomplish especially if you are not particularly handy. But it is well worth the effort.
The entire upgrade including speaker cables cost a little over $600, about the cost of the new drivers. However, I don't think changing to the new drivers will bring you anywhere near the improvements gained here. These speakers are now so neutral from top to bottom, yet at the same time refined and smooth, that its just simply unbelievable. Soundstage now extends way beyond the speaker boundaries in such a way that my listening room simply disappears. I can now stand beside one speaker and the soundstage does not simply collapse to that side as it did before. Listeners to the sides of the sweet spot now have a much more inclusive experience. There are other benefits as well including a more extended bass with greater dynamics and definition across the board. Tonality is more true to life. Imaging is more precise with better separation and great layering.
The changes are so dramatic that I'd now willingly put this speaker up against a Superfly and and wouldn't be too surprised to come out ahead. Superfly owners should at least consider trying a pcocc based speaker cable. As with all things audio, the usual disclaimers will apply, ymmv, imo, etc, etc...