exile_ken

Responses from exile_ken

Whats on your turntable tonight?
NRBQ - High Noon A 50 year retrospective.  Sounds great!!! 
Who makes budget speaker cables which are truly “good” or “exceptional” in quality?
I have owned some pretty decent monitors over the past 10 years or so (Proac, Fritz, PMC, and currently Trenner & Friedl) and when I purchased the Proacs some one recommended Canare 4s11 and I have used that ever since with very good results. ... 
What is your favorite budget audio component?
ADL-GT40 - The "Swiss Army Knife" of high end audio.  Combines a pre-amp / 24-96 DAC / MM MC phono stage that produces clean, clear, musical sounds.  Throw in an A to D converter that will facilitate high rez vinyl  rips, and that is one kick @$$ ... 
AURALiC Aries price reduction
Thank you again for the feedback.  So instead of looking to spend around $1K, I should consider something that costs $35?  That's low risk enough I suppose.  If I did connect the digital output of the Chromecast to the GT40, do you believe that wo... 
AURALiC Aries price reduction
Thank you both for your feedback.  Its good to know that Lightning can handle my library.  Hopefully it wont lose my tags (a lot of time and effort spent).  Wharfy I have what would be considered mid-fi system to most Hi End aficionados, and for m... 
AURALiC Aries price reduction
Thank you Mikhaelkuz for the update.  How do you find the LightningDS app.  I have 20K plus tracks in Foobar 2000.  Would my library be manageable, plus Tidal access, with the LightningDS app? 
AURALiC Aries price reduction
Thank you for the responses.  I was having a hard time with paying $1,599 for the Aries, so $2,200 (two N100Hs on AG currently) for an Aurender is a bit outside of my range.  I did miss the coverage on the G2, although I am not an avid "audio pres... 
Please Critique my Setup and Recommend Upgrade(s)
I recommend auditioning PMC speakers if you can.  They are top notch and very efficient.  Depending on the model they should work well with a 40 Watt amp.  I had a pair of TB2i's I was happy with, but then "the bug" bit me and I upgraded to someth...