I've just added a new interconnect to my streaming equation. I've replaced the very good AudioQuest Red River interconnects with a pair of Audioquest Diamond cables. I haven't gone completely insane, these are the "
old" Diamond analogue cables, not the new, hideously expensive digital models. Mind you, these were expensive enough when they were being produced from what little I've been able to glean from t'internet.
The conductors are made of
"Functionally Perfect Silver" (FPS) i.e. high purity and long crystal pure solid silver. The RCA connectors were, apparently, some of the best around at the time, and they're made from
"Functionally Perfect Copper" (FPC) which is directly gold plated. As you can see, they're Hyperlitz in construction. They're quite
hefty too.
I've just given them a bit of Rameau, and at the moment I'm playing Rostropovich's" J.S. Bach Cello Suites." My first impression was that they were very "toppy" but the longer I listen to them the more natural they appear to be sounding.
Probably the most annoying thing is that I thought I'd settled on the AQ Red River interconnects, so when another pair came up at a reasonable price I nabbed them as spares. The way it's looking (or sounding) at the moment, I may have two spare sets.
I've also got to change my system diagram again.
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