Lumin U2 or Aurender N200

@audphile1  Your impressions of the AQ Diamond USB and what I experienced with my frontRow Reserve USB vs the AQ are the same. All the detail is still there but the mids filled in nicely and over time the bass is just amazing. So quick, detailed and textured. I don't know how the Tyr  2 will compare. Keep in mind I don't know how the "regular" frontRow usb cable compares, I went crazy and got their top of the line USB. (I am fortunate in that I only need a .75 meter cable which keeps the costway down) I imagine they are very similar with the reserve possibly being a hair smoother. I don't know that for sure, just a guess.

@lalitk yep. Mix n match always worked for me. I think Nordost came close to being perfect as a full set but the flavor offered by the Audience speaker cables is just more to my liking. 
 

@fthompson251 I used to run Audience AU24se+ USB cable in my system and it was fantastic. I expect the FrontRow to be even better. Unfortunately I need 1.5m and in that length the Reserve is more than I want to spend on a digital cable. 

So if you don’t like conductor you can use Roon, albeit the sound quality is degraded slightly (as with most Roon ready streamers).

@audphile1 For me that slightly has been a smaller and smaller slightly over the past year. I am going to say it might even be a dead heat now, not better not worse, just a different sound. Maybe I just don't care enough anymore as my brain keeps telling me "a little more air, less bloom, but I have to use that #$@ UI!" Not surprisingly I am using Roon about 95% of the time. That is squeeze for me, not conductor though, I have read conductor is much nicer to use. 

I have transitioned to ROON so I am using ACS for storage, library management and ripping. ROON now has a capability to show your folders, so I see mirror image of my ACS folders in my ROON app.

@lalitk what are your impressions between software choices?

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I satisfied my curiosity about the full Nordost loom and as in the past mixing and matching works out better for me.

Right on the heels of the other "full loom or mix" cable thread, I was as curious as you on what the Nordost full loom would bring to your system. Again, with a different set of speakers your result may have been completely different. Always good to read your experiences, keep them coming!

At what point are we "done"? Hopefully never part of the joy of this hobby.

So would you say as far as the high frequencies are concerned, air and extension, between Tyr2 and Front Row speaker cables are more similar than different?

@fthompson251 Are you still happy with your Fidelium's, or are curious to try the Front Row speaker cables?