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Audioquest Diamond Sound

I need an old timer (like myself) to tell me how an Audioquest Diamond balanced interconnect sounds, versus an Audioquest Diamond x2, x3. My Stereophiles don't go back far enough.

Is an Audioquest Diamond (not x2, x3) 2 meter balanced a good enough cable to connect a Sonic Frontiers SFL-2 to a pair of Sonic Frontier Power 2 monoblocks? Will the resolution be there? I've inserted a Mark Levinson 36S into the system, which I'm having a hard time blending with the Sonic Frontiers. I've added Harmonic Technolog Pro-Silway II between the Levinson and SF preamp, which seems pretty nice. My speakers are B&W 801 with Nordost SPM cables.
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j_thunders
173 posts
 
Look up the thread "carl hears through diamond" it may help.
vayasteve
171 posts
 
I have a pair of Diamonds and also the x2.My opinion is that these interconnects are a bit on the bright side,which is fine with me,i use a C.J. Premier pre and C.J. MOSFET power.I would not know how it would sound in balanced as I have it in RCA.But they are very good interconnects.Cheers.
jim
418 posts
 
I concur that this is a rather "live" IC, at least with my system. Lots of detail. My experience is only with the original Diamond. I'm running it from my DAC (Resolution Quantum) to my pre-amp (Mod3a). I much prefer Emerald and Lapis (original copper version) to Diamond in the rest of my system. I'll also add that other silver IC's don't float my system's boat either (other than b/t dac & pre). This kind of thing is *very* system dependent as there are others here that swear by silver IC's.
thorman
1,262 posts
 
I too tried diamond#2(rca) and didn't like it. I found it to be thin and bright in my system. I went back to Lapis3(silver) and original lapis(copper) combo.Much more natural to my ears. Good Luck!
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