@chauncey If your budget will stretch to using Dragons on all your major components, I would certainly recommend that you do so. I have, besides my power amp, I have Dragons on my pre-amp and server/streamer. Getting a Dragon for my DAC next but I'm extraordinarily happy with the sound I have now. |
I’m contemplating Audioquest Dragon and/or top line Voodoo Cables as my final PC upgrade. Looking at the increased amount of silver between the speaker cables Firebird vs Dragon https://www.audioquest.com/resource/1278/AQ-US-Retail-Price-Book.pdf , I’m guessing that the power cables also have significantly more silver. I’ll probably try both to scratch the curiosity itch. I like buying used to save significant $, but one must be very careful of knockoffs especially imitating the popular Audioquest brand. I’m guessing the best way to verify used cable authentications is documentation and/or a seller’s/dealer’s reputation. Regarding cables (interconnects, power, speakers). I’m very pleased that PCs generally are the lowest costing cables but may give the highest sonic upticks. |
@lordmelton oh man! So my preamp right now is passive so the power is not involved with the audio signal path. And I'm looking at upgrading my DAC. But good to know I guess I'll start planning for some more Dragons! |
@kennyc The Dragon ICs and speaker cables are out of my budget at this time but a 1M used Dragon PC is quite reasonable and AQ will verify for free. The Dragon PCs are solid silver which is very highly polished. Yes, you are right a quality PC on your power amp will give the biggest reward in SQ. I haven't heard the Voodoo PCs but I doubt they can rival the Dragons. @chauncey Yes, the most important PCs are on the Power and Pre-Amp but the improvements are incremental across the board. I would wholeheartedly recommend you use SR Purple fuses and a Master fuse, if you don't already. I use my Master fuse on my power conditioner. |
@lordmelton oh man I didn't think about fuses. I don't see a fuse in my Isotek Titan v5 but my momentum S250 amp has a 10amp slow blow. |
