I use a Transparent AES between my Aurrender W23SE and my Audio Research DAC. I have found Transparent to be extremely transparent... moving exactly the signal without allowing interference or tipping tonal balance. Cardas has a slightly warm tone... attenuating the high frequencies a small bit in analog, power cords an digital (I have not tried USB however).
Need help with Aurender N20
Please help with a cable recommendation. I added an Aurender N20 that feeds my Holo Audio May DAC. For the most part I'm very pleased with the addition but I feel there is more to be unlocked in the upper frequencies regarding detail and resolution.
I'm running an AES cable to the DAC to take advantage of the superior clock in the streamer. The cable in use is a Clarus Crimson but I'm wondering if there is a better AES cable choice that will be more open and offer more top end detail.
If anyone has experience with different AES cables I'd like to hear your thoughts. The max budget would be $2500. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.