Just hooked up my Aries Cerat Aurora. Yes, they are in a corner against the wall in my family room. This is our main living area so that is where they have to go. In my case, I am missing absolutely nothing in SQ by having them there. I am happy and that is all that matters.
Nobody driving the vehicle sitting behind them either!
Yes, you are right. That is my one-seat scooter that I drive to and from the golf course. Being functionally blind that is the only vehicle my wife will let me drive and there are no major roads.
I would urge you not to undertake any...
Look what showed up today. 6 large crates totaling 2,000 lbs. The Auroras are here. The bad news is I will not be able to set them up until March 23rd. It will take me that long to get them out of the crates. LOL.
Ask Anas, he has tremendous insight and experience in this realm. If it were just me, I would at least try to expand your budget and go with the Gamma Infinity PC on your power conditioner and Infinity on your speaker cables.
Mike
The model you referred to is the Aries Cerat Ianus Ageto Preamp. I have owned one for about two months now. It made a significant difference in my listening pleasure. I have tried to find an amp / pre that I could play at lower sound levels that would still provide great musical detail...
I replaced my QSA Silver Crystal Jitter plug with the QSA Lanedri Ultimatum Infinity Power Cord. This PC is going from my Inakustic 4500P power conditioner to an SR wall outlet. I am now done chasing power cords. This is my end-game cord. I now have the Jitter plug on my movie projector but...
In response to numerous people asking me how I ended up with the Auroras, I will chronicle a little of my story.
I have only been an audio lover for the last 9 years. I started with B&W, then Wilson Audio, Sonus Faber and then I sold my house about 4-5 years ago and the new owners demanded my...
The Aurora's are getting closer. They arrived in Canada and will be shipped to their home in Arizona next week. In the meantime, I received the Wellfloat footers today. I will be using them under the Auroras.
After two months, I am finally able to set up the Ageto today. A combination of customs delays and my knee replacement precluded me from adding the Ageto to the Essentia.
The power supply of the Ageto alone is over 165lbs. I could not lift it by myself and it went on the bottom shelf of the...
I still own Hijiri Power cords and RCA cables. I did a lot of comparison testing between Tchernov and Hijiri. Hijiri was a little more musical than Tchernov but both are very good cables and cords. I have the Hijiri on my source components (LDMS and Horizon). I did not compare between QSA...
I need 4 speaker cables for the Aurora - one to the crossover and three from the crossover to the speaker. I am using the QSA Lanedri Ultimatum Infinity SC from amp to Crossover, I am using an Ultimatum Infinity SC and 2 Gamma Infinity SC's from crossover to speakers.
@alwayslearning....
Great and detailed write-up. I hope many people jump on the QSA bandwagon. I have the Ultimatum Infinity PC and SC. I can not use all of the words you used but I agree with everything you say. They are truly end-game cables.
Regarding the cost....yes they are expensive...
Zappa
I wish you lived in the USA because I have a wonderful set of speakers that are pictured that work outstanding with my Essentias. I am giving them up for the Auroras which are on the way.
@romaz
Congrats on your move. That takes a lot of balls but in the end, you have to take care of yourself. I was wondering what happened to you. You are probably surfing now. Your insight helped me make a deep investment in QSA Lanedri and I appreciated your opinions. Thank you. QSA...
I would second Phantom's comments above. I have the Essentia. Prior to that, I had the Canary Audio Grand Reference 300B amps with 16 Western Electric 300B tubes. TBH, I was tired of dialing in the 300B tubes every month and they ran super hot. I also had a few tubes go out and this was just...
After having two LDMS's, I will never go in another direction. The customer support, SQ, customization options, and Value are second to none. My Lampi Pacific (when I had it) was ordinary until I received my first LDMS.
After ordering my Aries Cerat Aurora speakers last February, they are now on the way. I will have an all Aries Cerat system.
Aries Cerat Essentia Monoblock Amps
Aries Cerat Ageto Preamp
Aries Cerat Aurora Speakers
Aries Cerat Kassandra 2 Reference DAC.
Lucas Audio LDMS music server.
I...
tom
What color QSA fuse did you use and can you confirm what component you used it in? Second, do you have other boutique fuses in other componentsand if so, what fuse going to what component?