Audioquest Diamond Sound

Negative's for merely mentioning his name. Now I really hope it helps.

I pretty much agree with all the posters. I had diamond2x for years. There are much better cables out there/ no matter how one person feels; to each our own,I guess. When the 2x came out (about 8/9 years ago)it was amongst the best. I don't think the competing cables stood still,all that time.

I thought the diamond x3 was EXTREMELY detailed and transparent. I preferred the nordost spm and quattro fil to it. They have equivalent detail but are smoother. The diamond still has a tiny tiny hint of 'silver harshness'. Less than any silver cable I have used, but still there. This is played a/b against a special edition quattro fil cable. I'm an empirically actualized nordost bigot.

I have a/b compared the diamond to the prosilway II. I think the prosilway is almost as transparent, but a little more listenable. It depends on your reaction to silver cables. The harmonic tech truth link is a wonderful copper cable too. A little veiled, but smooth and easy to listen to.

If I were you I would go buy a set of red dawn or spm's. I had great performance with them and my old sfm-160s and all red dawn. I would try red dawn and see if that floats your boat. The SFL2 is euphonic enough that it will probably cover the slight harshness of red dawn.

I have two quattro fil cables on their way. I have tried the SPM, but did not like it with the ML, too lean in midbass. I am also buying one AQ diamond to try. I am currently listening to Kimber digital to ML. Tara Decade to SFL-2. SFL-2 KCAG to Power 3. Power 3 to SPM. This may all change when the new cables come in. buy the way I am going to sell the Harmonic Technolog Pro-Silway II.