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Comparing AQ Diamonds to the new AQ interconnects

Hi,

I am looking to upgrade my interconnects. I've been wanting to get a pair of Diamonds X3 for quite some time. But, how do they compare with the newer AQ interconnects such as Viper and Python? I am using original version of Emerald at the moment.

Thanks
etane
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sean
6,231 posts
 
I have to wonder how much of a difference there is between some of these cables if they were all burned in using a burner for the same amount of time ? I think that a lot of the differences would be MUCH smaller than one might think. Sean
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maxgain
526 posts
 
I understand you shouldn't run the networked cables(MIT,Transparent)on a burner. I would love to try one out, I am sure that is why some of the cables I listened to 15 years ago sounded bad, I didn't know anything about cable burn in back then.
viggen OP
838 posts
 
I also have mapleshade doublehelix interconnects. I have better results with my emeralds in my system. mapleshade sounds flat in my system, and their is increased amounts of hiss. Although, I have to admit, mapleshade sounds less "electronic."
dopogue
1,773 posts
 
Viggen, I honestly don't understand how a cable -- any cable -- can produce more hiss in a system than another cable.
viggen OP
838 posts
 
Hey Dopogue,

I guess we have a problem with semantics. When I said mapleshade produces more hiss, I didn't mean it added hiss. I meant there is more hiss coming out from the speakers when I use the mapleshade interconnect compared to the other interconnects I've used. Since the amount of hiss is very dramatically different, I accidentally might have "languaged" into saying the mapleshade "produces" hiss; in actuallity, it merely doesn't hinder hiss as well as other cords that are shielded. Mapleshade has no shielding, as you probably know.
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