Black Diamond XLR Cable

BD-XLR

£1,606.95 /set

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Black Diamond XLR Cable

The Black Diamond XLR are Tellurium Q in a cable. The Black Diamond XLR uses our own TeCu connector and is the most natural sounding cable in the range, which is saying something.

Performance Profile

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Statement Silver Diamond Black Diamond Ultra Silver Ultra Black Blue Diamond Silver Black Ultra Blue Blue

INCREASING LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE

Blue Family

Black Family

Statement

Silver Family

Blue Family

Warm and forgiving for systems with a slight edge or for those who like a more smooth laid back presentation. Blue and Ultra Blue are especially good for AV and home cinema.

Black Family

Smooth, fine detailed and great resolution while actually reducing apparent harshness. Music is presented as a coherent, organic whole, with a jaw-dropping sense of realism and naturalness.

Silver Family

Totally uncoloured, acting as a wide open channel sounding unforced, vivid and dynamic with phenomenal resolution, transparency and natural tonal colours. All this while sounding extremely analog and coherent, from the exceptional top end extension to bottom with finely detailed, separated bass notes.

Reviews and User Comments

“Compared to other cables, including the original Statement, Statement II sounds more transparent and doesn’t impose any sonic character.”

– HiFi+, 25th Anniversary Edition

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“It isn’t easy creating a globally successful cable brand from nothing, then building on that success over the years, but that’s what Tellurium Q’s Geoff Merrigan has done. Against all the odds, the company has taken on the market’s big names and prevailed. Its no-nonsense approach has surely helped – with precious little marketing hype and a focused attitude. The flagship Statement II XLR epitomises this – there’s little in the way of fancy packaging and no tall tales of magical ingredients. Yet the sound speaks for itself, being translucent and effortless with a wonderfully organic feel.”

– Stereonet Product of the year

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“A clean and accurate sound that allowed you to hear into the depths of a mix with an apparent lowering of the noise floor.”

– HiFi Pig Pick of 2023

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“In a matter of seconds, you’ll hear which of the current crop of singers is talented, and which ones have been subtly tweaked by a bit of judicious compression in the high frequencies. And that’s a real shock.

The absence of imposed tonality, timbre, and coloration in Statement II allows an unprecedented level of insight into the recording and production techniques used in the music.”

– HiFi Plus Awards edition

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“Although by no means a newcomer, Tellurium Q’s chief engineer Geoff Merrigan continues to work his magic trick of improving upon that which had previously seemed beyond criticism. The top of the range Statement series of cables has garnered a fistful awards both here in the UK and around the audio world. I was able to compare those original Statement interconnects in both RCA and XLR configurations with the next-generation mkII versions, and was taken aback at the overall improvement in sound quality that I witnessed. More of everything came through the loudspeakers: airier treble, punchier bass of course but above all more of what we are all pursuing in this hobby, pure musical pleasure.”

– The Ear Best of 2023

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“Tellurium Q cables have found their way onto the market and into the homes of some of the world’s most discerning customers for several reasons. First and foremost, they take music to realms that were not possible at their price point.

The Statement II version has a subliminal potency that punctures deeper into the realms of music, unfolding new details and bringing everything down to an impressive level of quietness and transparency. Added to this is a newfound dynamic scope that allows the music to unfurl with greater dynamism from the quietest passages to the thundering crescendos. The Tellurium Q Statement MK2 delivers a level of micro- and macro-dynamics that far exceeds what I expected for this upgrade.

There’s currently no shortage of high-quality, high-performance audio cables, and Tellurium Q delivers one of the most enticing options in terms of performance and price with the new, updated MK2 versions of the Statement cable line.”

– Matej Isak, Mono and Stereo

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“Tellurium Q team have taken a class-leading product and managed to improve upon it still further, which is no mean feat… this constant pursuit of excellence opens up a new world of sensory delight for music lovers fortunate enough to be able to afford such cables. So, if you are in the market for a seriously capable, high-end analogue interconnect, the Statement II is an essential audition…Although my system already produces a pleasing result, the improved connection between the YBA phono preamp and Gryphon preamp revealed a fluidity and grace that I hadn’t previously realised was missing.”

– Jay Garrett, Stereonet

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“I tested the difference between the balanced analogue cables first and the first big difference I noticed was in the early moments of Liberty by Annette Askvig, there was silence between the passages of the music, but with the Statement I there was never any silence. So, for me, the Statement II gives a much blacker background or a greater noise rejection and lower noise floor. This goes hand in hand with the improved edge definition, clarity, improved spatiality or sound stage and three dimensionality.”

– Terry Ellis, Pursuit Perfect System

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“Seems the reviewer was particularly impressed with the “restoration” of vocals and strings and mentions how real a cello sounded in the full review but here is just a snippet from the extensive review:

“Statement II is a wider soundstage It is undeniable that this balanced line [XLR] restores the human voice accurately and in a timely manner… Statement II seems to have unearthed a deeper message in the music… the sound is detailed and natural, the sense of power is real and the timbre is transparent.”

– HiFi Review Magazine

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“What Geoff Merrigan has achieved with this new version of Statement II is little short of remarkable. He took an already class-leading product and made it even better… The next generation of Statement was an audible step up from the mighty impressive original versions, and was most apparent with the XLR terminated versions…

If you have invested in the MkI version and are now feeling the urge to upgrade my advice would be to do it if you have the financial means…. only audition Statement IIs if you can afford them. You have been warned!”

– Chris Kelly, The Ear

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“There is much more harmonic or musical detail… much more harmonic richness, harmonic musical detail coming through the system with the Tellurium Q Statement cables [compared to Silver Diamond XLR]….which makes the system sound more relaxed and more organic…..but there is actually more clarity than the Silver Diamond [XLR] because there is more musical information.”

– Terry Ellis, Pursuit Perfect System

“I believe it’s Tellurium Q’s masterpiece, adding more music taste, like to listen to Jazz, choose Statement XLR, can’t go wrong!”

– Steven Tam, HiFi Review Hong Kong

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Family	Product Code	Name / Performance Level	Price Per Set
Statement	ST-II-XLR	Statement	£5,934.85 /set
Silver	SD-XLR	Silver Diamond	£2,881.42 /set
Black	BD-XLR	Black Diamond	£1,606.95 /set
Silver	US-II-XLR	Ultra Silver	£1,226.60 /set
Black	UB-II-XLR	Ultra Black	£684.79 /set
Silver	SL-III-XLR	Silver	£570.02 /set
Black	BK-II-XLR	Black	£453.81 /set
Blue	BU-II-XLR	Blue	£293.32 /set