In closing, I wanted to test the cables using a different D/A converter. I selected the Antelope Zodiac+ which doesn't match up to the Audio-gd response in the areas fine definition and spatial performance. I wanted to find out how much the sound quality is influenced by a lesser performance DAC. I started by comparing the XLR with the lower priced SPDIF. Here also, the differences were evident however not as significant as before. This was particularly valid with the spatial projection. Johann Sebastian Bach's “Violin Concert in a-moll” with Yehudi Menuhin from 1960 in the XRCD-24 version from Hi-Q Records sounded clearly more spread out and more detailed, lighter and more rhythmic through the expensive XLR. However, the less expensive SPDIF delivered an outstanding impression with a voluminous and simultaneously highly transparent presentation. The Sommer Cable delivered a more held back performance. The Digital Diamond was definitely superior as it give the Bach violin concert more luster and exposed fine detail. The sound impressions received from Jennifer Warnes CD The Wall confirmed that superiority. Listening to the title song proved that the Digital Diamond could keep up astonishingly well with it's higher priced sisters. It clearly differentiated the second vocal and gave the drums attack and tonal colours. The costly AES/EBU XLR could not demonstrate it's superiority over the Digital Diamond on the Antelope DAC as clear as on the superior Audio-gd converter. The layering and spatial precision were less 3-dimensional. In comparing definition and fine detail reproduction, it won by a nose here. The comparison between both silver coated Boaacoustics on the Antelope DAC ended in a close draw. The differences determined will most likely lay only in the area of personal preference.