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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.  

rick_n

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I have found with the N20 that you really need a good AES and USB cable if you are going to take advantage of DSD. I have read that the May has a great DSD section.

The N20 is a fantastic machine and I've found or rather heard no degradation in SQ by using the USB but saying that some PCM recordings sound better with AES.

The biggest difference however is getting an external 10Mhz master clock for the N20. This really does make a huge difference.

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