I’m still using the Shunyata Sigma I’ve borrowed from a friend and am blown away with just how good it is. I know, it’s mental money, but I seriously trying to square the economics in my head. The shear weight and tonal accuracy it adds is simply unreal. There’s not a track I’ve played where it’s anything other than utterly amazing. There’s so much more new information to comprehend, little pushes and dynamic interplays I’m hearing make it all so much more enjoyable. As for the timing it’s just in a different league. Above all it just sounds so natural, nothing forced, everything real and tangible.
To be honest this is the first bit of kit I’ve used that has given my system a fundamental shift forwards. I had few bits that give the system a ‘tweak’ but this is so much more than that. Most of the time I find the tweaks a step back rather than a step forward so, for me, this is a real find.
I’m using the Sigma but the next model down the Alpha (I think) uses one filter and not two like the Sigma and is about the same price as Diamond. I’d say the Sigma improvement is similar in scale to going all Superlumina and adding powerlines all at the same time!
Might be worth a try?