Great Cables ... That Get Little Attention

HiDiamond Cables
Back in March I purchased a pair of HiDiamond Diamond 9 IC. The first hour they sounded pretty good, then they nosedived for the next 100 hours. At that point they began to come alive, fast forward 250 hours and they began to sing. Now at 500 hours they are very articulate, detailed, harmonically rich, with a wide and deep soundstage , they go low and are very very dynamic . The music floats through the air or pressurizes the room or sends shiver down my spine...just the way it was meant to, Recording by Recording.

Several weeks ago I purchased a 2 meter pair of the HiDiamond Diamond 8 (banana to banana jacks) Speaker Cable. They now have about 300 hours. Same thing. First 100 hours was nothing special, at 250 hours they went BOOM! and now i really appreciate the investment.

I also use the HiDiamond Carbon Digital Cable in 1.5 meter length. It is the finest digital cable i have tried in my system. That list includes 3 cables that retailed for over $3000.

To tell you i have been experimenting with cables for 15 years and my last set was a complete Kondo KSL Silver loom (3 pairs of ICs, ShotGUN Speaker Cable, and 4 Power cords, and part of my system for 3 years) might just begin to tell you a very long story of experimentation and experience.

I cant tell you these are the best, but I can tell you that what I am hearing i enjoy far more than various brands that are enjoying a lot of press in the last 2 years (and yes i had all those to hear, on loan from manufacturers and dealers)

SYSTEM:
MacMini
Meridian G98
SB Touch (Hardwired)
Audial Model S DAC
YBA 1 PRE with large power supply
YBA Signature Stereo AMP
Reference 3A L'Integrale (upgraded with Duelund and Bybee)

@SKOS

YES bass was slight, dynamics could be bettered by a number of cables, , however, i found excellent system balance with all of the KONDO cables in one system .(and my system up until 2 years ago was mostly tubes)

.i think the best product in that KONDO line though is the speaker cable and only in a double run...stunning actually...

@MusicallyInclined...as Sabai writes, try Worldwide Wholesales

@Sabai....HiDiamond Diamond 8 are excellent....my expectations are rather high and they are meeting them in many areas as they break in...and getting better as i switch out power cords. I am expecting a HiDiamond Power 3 cord soon. If it does what the other HiDiamond line does than i will probably order several more to complete the system.

There is a high end dealer in the Netherlands who carries a number of very high end and well known brands from around the world. Apparently he demonstrates his best equipment only with HiDiamond. This is research i did before i purchased any HiDiamond Cables by sending various emails to people who were listed at various sites as owning some or all HiDiamond cables.

A few days ago, i posted what i though of the HiDiamond cables. The speaker cables keep breaking in and have been getting pure signal for the last 100 hours since i posted...400 hours now...you bet they sound fantastic. No problems with dynamics, softest sounds are there, as are the loudest...at the same time too. Tonality is all there, width and depth preserved on each recording. Highly recommended.

When i receive the HiDiamond Power3 i will post separately my impressions.

yes...i did hear the ONDA at TAVES in September of 2011.
impressed with system performance...pretty high end system that would sound good with even lesser cables...I like the fact that the center pin is part of the signal chain. That is its not part of a connector but the wire itself. The ONDA guys were unwilling to demonstrate lesser cables and quite frankly rude and arrogant. Not worth my time. They even went so far as to denigrate most of the music that people brought to listen to the show. What people listen to is what people listen to.