Audioquest source AC Hurricane vs FireBird

@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.

@lordmelton I'm in the same boat.  The Dragons PCs are reachable budgetwise, but the ICs and SC are not.  ICs I've settled on the newer Siltech Classic Legend.  SC I have used Tara but am contemplating what the next upgrade will be likely in silver Albedo or AQ William.

Fuses - there's another rabbit hole.  I was going to go with SR fuses until discovering QRA fuses which are seemingly priced to gauge like their outlets - which is another rabbit hole (I'll probable stop at Furutech).

@chauncey SR recommends that you go up to the next highest fuse so you should get a 12.5A slow blow. However I’d check with D’Agostino first.

@kennyc Yes, spending about $50k for two pairs of ICs and a set of SCs is asking a bit much. My AQ dealer offered a home demo on the Dragon ICs last time a bought a Dragon PC. I politely declined.

If I was going to change my ICs, I’d probably give Sablon a try. I’ve heard good things about Townsend Fractal SCs.

QSA gear is very expensive, they have their own cable line now.

I’m very happy with a full loom of SR Purple and one Master Fuse.

FWIW in my system, power cables on the DAC and Pre Amp made the most difference.  That may be because my Pass Labs amp is already so good. After trying Audience, Shunyata and Audioquest PCs on it, the one that made the most difference was High Fidelity which seems to emphasize the XA25's strengths. 

For those who moved on from the AQ Hurricane, what do you have now?  I have AQ on most of my components but am wondering if that may be too much and whether another cable on my Bryston BDP-2 which I use to stream my be a good idea.