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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.
coxhaus
vibeman
29 posts
 
Amonst impossiblie to reply to your question. Diamonds sound better than the Emeralds or Lapis in my system- You'd have to try them in your system to detemine if you like them. Much too subjective to get a realistic answer without hearing them in your system with yor music. Buy them used and sell them if you find they're not for you.
j_thunders
173 posts
 
Negative's for merely mentioning his name. Now I really hope it helps.
avguygeorge
2,300 posts
 
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.
john_l
782 posts
 
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.
coxhaus OP
231 posts
 
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.
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