Tellurium Black Diamond vs Hi Line

Interested in the same.

I'm a TQ black dimaond din owner and have had it for a few years now between CDX2 and SN. I found it to be a fantasticly neutral cable allowing every little detail to come through. I compared a few TQ interconnects before buying it. I tried black rcas, ultra black rcas, black din but eventually got an amazing deal on a used black diamond din. The black diamond sounds smooth, natural, detailed and to my ears sound very 'right'. Having said that, the black din isn't a million miles away and is considerably less money. 

Thank you Finkfan for your feedback,

I'm already satisfied of my Hi-Fi system but I've never tried another IC cable than Hi-Line and I'm curious to know what may be the difference between TQ DIN and Hi Line. You said that TQ black diamond is very smooth and natural and I'm afraid that it may be less exciting of Hi-Line. Anyway I do not want more bass and roll off on the high frequency.

As it seems you cannot hear it before you buy, the sensible thing to do would be to wait until you can get hold of a used one. Then try it at home and sell whichever of the wires you like least, hopefully at no loss. 

Alternatively, as you say you are happy with your setup, do nothing. There will always be something better. 

Hungryhalibut, your advise seems very nice, do nothing may be the best option, avoid to follow the forum for a while in a such way no strange ideas come out :-)

Anyway I can risk to buy it only if I find a S/H offer.

I replaced a HiLine with an RCA-RCA Black Diamond.  A very worthwhile exchange.  More detail, very natural.  The HiLine sold within 20 minutes ..

Thank you John for your feedback, can you tell me what about bass? TQ has more bass or less?Because I do not want to gain bass response more than Hi-Line.

It's hard for me to say having not heard a hi line but I doubt you'd get more bass from the TQ, but the bass would be kept in its place! 

Chatting today I had another recommend for TQ black cables, I think I will demo some also soon.

Well guys, If I can find a S/H TQ black diamond I'll buy it and in case I like it I'll sell the Hi Line. I'm already in search mode :-)

damy79 posted:

Thank you John for your feedback, can you tell me what about bass? TQ has more bass or less?Because I do not want to gain bass response more than Hi-Line.

It has neither more nor less .. the bass is clearer and better defined, more focused.  I found this to be true especially with drums but there was a perceptible improvement in sound with lower register instruments like cello and double bass.