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    In June 2009, the Hi-Fi World magazine elected the Missing Link Cryo Reference as the ‘THE WORLD STANDARD CABLE’ In September issue, the editor David Price reviewed the MAD Diamond Signature and said ‘This is certainly a distinctive sounding interconnect, possessing one of the most open and accurate top ends I’ve heard at almost any price.’ Duran Duran’s ‘Lonely in Your Nightmare’ is a fussy pop production, full of early eighties studio trickery, yet the MAD cable cut through it like a hot knife cut through butter, making my current mid-price reference cable, the Missing Link Link Cryo Reference interconnect actually sound quite diffuse. Given the great quality of the latter, I wasn’t prepared for the extra treble clarity the Diamond Signature was bringing – I could even hear the tape hiss running all the way through the song. It’s an amazingly fast and transparent sounding cable, one which seems to have little or no overhang; instruments start and stop with tremendous alacrity. The midband is superb too, although here the MAD was less obviously superior and better described as ‘different’. Whilst it made the Missing Link cable still seem quite opaque by comparasion.
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    Wow!... quite a claim!

    Can I try one please?
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    Why not do a swapsy for comparison with one of yours?

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    I was going to 'work on it!.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MAD View Post
    the editor David Price reviewed the MAD Diamond Signature and said ‘This is certainly a distinctive sounding interconnect, possessing one of the most open and accurate top ends I’ve heard at almost any price.’
    As you know, I know nothing about such things but is that a particularly desirable attribute for any piece of kit to have? I (thought that I) was lead to believe that no cable should have a distinctive sound but be totally transparent.
    Polite explanations as to where I am misunderstanding something would be appreciated.
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    I'm a bit confused though, MAD - your E-shop also stocks other manufactureres cables, and if "The best IC in the World! {is the} My Audio Design Diamond Signature" then what do we make of the "My Queen" i/c at three times the price? ("My Queen is one of the best sounding cable in the world, and it is definitely the most price friendly one." (£1,948 for 1m, vs. £675 for the Diamond Signature?) Not wishing to be confrontational, but in my book nearly 2 grand for an interconnect is hardly "the most price friendly one", surely?
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    Well adding the "Best" bit might attract more of a crowd?

    Didn't work for me with the Benchmark dac thread though
    Anyway congrats on the cable review
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    Hi MAD, nice to see you on AoS. I always thought it was just a brand name of some foreign manufacturer.

    I picked up a set of your audio interconnects last year and have been using them exclusively for a while now, and I must say that they are indeed the best I have actually parted money for in the last few years. I got attracted to them by the high level of workmanship, and the looks. Kind of sexy in a way, if you can say that about interconnects. They go particularly well with my DAC.

    Have you considered doing a discount for AoS members? Maybe I can put a link on my site to yours if you PM me the details. I frequently get asked which interconnects I use, and I am always happy to recommend a fellow AoS member whenever the opportunity arrises.

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    Mad,

    Are they all built to the same standard as the cables that Jimmy Hughes reviewed?
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    Smile Reply to Mr. C

    I think you're refering to the SPL (Super Pure Litz) range reviewed on Hi-Fi+ vol 66. We actually increased the spec to a higher stanard , now we deoxit treat all RCA plugs as a new standard. AOS members have 45 days money back guarantee.
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