What’s your latest high-end audio purchase?


What’s your latest high-end audio purchase?  It can be cables, tweaks, components etc.  Also, please share why you purchased, what it replaced, and any additional tips and insights regarding your purchase.  
 

I hoping for this to be enjoyable and educational, so please be civil of other’s opinions and choices.

kennyc

System synergy is a variable and bespoke thing.

I so far have recently migrated my entire system interconnect cables array to new CARDAS CLEAR interconnects, and upgraded to new mix of CARDAS CLEAR / CARDAS GOLDEN REFERENCE power cables.

The last missing piece (and currently a WIP) in my Yellow Brick Road to Audio Oz, is an upgrade to one of its stablemate CARDAS CLEAR or CARDAS CLEAR REFERENCE speaker cable models.

I modified my Auralic Aries Streamer with a custom power supply by Sean Jacobs.

Huge improvement!

I went from integrated to separates. Purchased the Peachtree PreDac and Gan400. Previously had the Nova 300. I have to say I’m very happy with it. I’m not sure it qualifies as high end but for me it is. 

@fastfreight 

 

Upgradimg the power supply to the Aurlic Aries for a big improvement sound right on the mark!
 

I owned a Aurlic Aries G2 for about a year… while it was clearly better than computers and MACs… it did not have a dead quiet background.
 

I traded it in for a Aurender,  the background quieted significantly… I now own a Aurender N100 and W20SE. One of the things that really differentiate them from their competition is their relentless work on power supplies. My W20SE performs at the level of my really great analog end but with a lower noise floor.