AudioQuest Diamondback 1.5m (4.92 ft) (Pair) Analog Audio Interconnect Cables Review
AudioQuest Diamondback 1.5m (4.92 ft) (Pair) Analog Audio Interconnect Cables Feature
- Triple Balanced
- Solid PSC Copper
- Welded Plugs
- PE Air-Tubes
Designed to bring out the best in quality hi-fi equipment at a surprisingly affordable price, Diamondback by AudioQuest uses sophisticated design techniques, superior materials, and an exceptional termination system. The result will put more than a scare into most cost-no-object cables. Diamondback is geared for use with upper-scale hi-fi components capable of conveying the most subtle details and delivering absolute musicality. You'll notice more convincing, multi-layered imaging with exceptional harmonic preservation and exquisite tonal balance throughout the audible frequency spectrum. Diamondback is double-balanced. This means there are identical insulated conductors for the positive and negative connections, in addition to a separate conductor underneath the 100-percent coverage foil shield. The great advantage of this design, over even the very effective symmetrical conductor system in AQ Sidewinder and Copperhead, is that the shield is only attached at one end, providing extremely effective shielding without contaminating the quality of the negative conducting path. Both of Diamondback's conductors are solid. Electrical and magnetic interaction between strands in a conventional cable is the greatest source of distortion, often causing a somewhat dirty harsh sound. Solid conductors are fundamental toward enabling Diamondback 's very clear sound. Diamondback's conductors are fabricated from PSC (Perfect Surface Copper), which offers an astonishingly smooth and pure surface. Proprietary metal processing technology protects the wire's surface at every stage of drawing and fabrication. When high-purity low-oxide copper is kept as soft, pure and smooth as possible, it becomes a wonderfully low distortion conductor, outperforming many materials costing ten times as much!
