I had AQ Tornado on my Aurender N200 and didn’t like it - too dull, narrow stage, mushy. Using Nordost Heimdall 2 now and also tried Frey 2. Both are better to my ears and in my system than the AQ.
I would go with Transparent or Nordost especially if you already have the Hurricane on the amp unless you like soft and dark sound.
Power cord upgrade
I want to upgrade power cords for my streamer, Aurender A15 which currently has a Shunyata v14 digital.
And Puritan 156 which has the classic cord it comes with.
I believe in system synergy, so I am leaning towards Transparent, and/or Audioquest.
I have ARC ref5se with the Transparent Reference, and ref75se with the AQ Hurricane.
Guess my thought is the streamer and 156 PC are maybe a bottleneck. Won't know without trying, right? I am satisfied with the over all sound now, so looking for more of it. Make any sense??
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