HiDiamond Speaker Cables

Sabai, I think you've completely lost your mind with that "series" idea but at the same time I love it. It intrigues me. It kind of sounds like mixing colors of paint to make a different color altogether.

Let me ask this then, if someone robbed your house tomorrow and left only one strand of wire left on your speakers, which would you consider the most crucial, the HiDiamond or Cardas?

Also, what Cardas are you running in series with it and what would you say is the sonic impact of it's addition to the chain?

Stevepo,
Almost everyone else thinks so too. Who cares. They have no idea because they have no experience with it -- only opinions. Exactly -- it's like mixing colors. Except in this case it is mixing the best of 2 cables and getting something better than what either one can offer when used alone.

I run Cardas Golden Cross in series with HiDiamond speaker cables -- spliced with SR power cells, Bybee speakers filters and Bybee speaker bullets. Beats any single speaker cable, hands down.

The Bybees are the essentials in my system -- power cords, purifiers too numerous to mention, speaker bullets, and Stealth.

Sabai..take a pic of your speaker cable set up ..it would be interesting to see..

Sabai,
I would love to see a pic of how that looks too.

Also, you never answered the question of if you would opt for the HiDiamond or Cardas if forced to pick one. Additionally, I would be very curious to know your sonic observations of adding the Cardas to the combo.

With that said, seeing as how your setup seems to mainly consist of gear I was aiming at upgrading to, would you entertain a request of breaking down the list of your power + speaker hookup equipment in order of biggest to smallest impact? I am looking to order some HD8 speaker cables since my current ones are my weakest link at the moment. I have HD3 PC's and HD interconnects but no power filtering at this time (recently took mine out of the chain after noticing that it was killing dynamics). So basically, I'm starting from a very simple foundation.

Stevepo

I had to wait for some equipment before I could spend some time listening to me system.
I have two HD3 power cable, one HD1 XLR and two HD7 speaker cables. Also two Triode Wire Labs TenPlus power Cables.

The TWL cables are on my PS Audio PW MKII DAC and Transport.

The two HD3 are on my Veritas mono blocks (they come with the TWL cables).

The HD1 is between the DAC and amps.

The pair of HD7 are between the amps and my B&W 802D speakers in a bi-amp configuration.

All connected to a Synergistic PowerCell 10SE MKII.

First hats off to TWL. I tried them on the amps and the PSA stuff and must say anyone looking for a upgrade at a lower price point can not go wrong. This is the one to buy if that is your budget.

Now I have just started to listen so I will need more time to give my full thoughts but I will give a first impression.

So far I like! The first thing that comes to mind is how holographic they are. But not just the performers and the sound stage. You can hear (feel) the hall or room it seems. There have been times that I can hear into the venue. Now again this is early and I need to have more time to confirm.
They almost have an analog like way but are very detailed to. At times I think they may be dark but then I hear all this detail and transparency so then they can not be dark.
Also there is an emotion that comes through at times.

But my DAC is still breaking-in so I am waiting to see how things progress from here.