I am struggling with size versus quality and wanted to get some feedback. I would like to get the biggest stone for the money, but I want something that looks good too not just a dull rock.
I know us men get all into the specs and over buy on quality that can only be seen by a professional. When what she would really rather have is the bigger stone.
It is great to see these different stones and how they look through the lighscope, but people are not going to look at your wife's diamond with a lightscope other than the appraiser. So, are the H&A's diamonds worth the extra money? Can you really see the difference with your naked eye? At Tiffany's I could not tell the differece with my naked eye a D to a G or the size of 1.52 to a 1.67. Am I really going to be able to see a H&A diamond as shining that much more that a well cut diamond that scores well on the Cut Advisor?
For example at Whiteflash look at the difference here:
1.52 H/A I VS1 D=60.3%,T=56%,CR=34.5,Pav=40.9 AGS $11,390
1.52 H VS2 D=61.2%,T=58%,CR=?,Pav=? GIA $8,784
So, they are the same weight and the color is even better on the non H&A. That is almost 25% more for the H&A. They inconveniently don't post the full specs on their non H&A diamonds, so I understand that it is difficult to fully compare the two, but I wanted to illustrate the huge price difference. Is this just a H&A brand mark up or is the difference even with the naked eye blatent?
Thank you and please help.

I know us men get all into the specs and over buy on quality that can only be seen by a professional. When what she would really rather have is the bigger stone.
It is great to see these different stones and how they look through the lighscope, but people are not going to look at your wife's diamond with a lightscope other than the appraiser. So, are the H&A's diamonds worth the extra money? Can you really see the difference with your naked eye? At Tiffany's I could not tell the differece with my naked eye a D to a G or the size of 1.52 to a 1.67. Am I really going to be able to see a H&A diamond as shining that much more that a well cut diamond that scores well on the Cut Advisor?
For example at Whiteflash look at the difference here:
1.52 H/A I VS1 D=60.3%,T=56%,CR=34.5,Pav=40.9 AGS $11,390
1.52 H VS2 D=61.2%,T=58%,CR=?,Pav=? GIA $8,784
So, they are the same weight and the color is even better on the non H&A. That is almost 25% more for the H&A. They inconveniently don't post the full specs on their non H&A diamonds, so I understand that it is difficult to fully compare the two, but I wanted to illustrate the huge price difference. Is this just a H&A brand mark up or is the difference even with the naked eye blatent?
Thank you and please help.
