Are Nordost really the Rolls Royce of cables?


Ive never heard them. Thanks.
darrylhifi
Steve, which Nordost cable did they review and in what issue ? I don't remember seeing that specific one. I'd like to read it and compare notes with whomever wrote the article. Sean
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Sean - They reviewed the Valhalla IC's and Interconnects. I will look up the issue when I get back to Portland and let you know.
Frankly I have never liked any Nordost cables until the Valhalla. On hearing them I converted and thought I would have them for many years. They are all gone now replaced by Omega Mikros LCX 7s, Siltech G5 Compass Lake and Golden Ridge, and HMS Grande Finale. Find yourself some used Valhalla. It will be better than anything you have ever heard.
I would not call any audiophile cables the "Rolls Royce" of cables, not even the line of cables I do represent and although some of my customers have felt these cables to be superior to the Valhalla.
In some systems, the cables I sell will be the top of the line, in others you will find the Valhalla, or maybe the Siltech G5 doing a better job.
I always try to teach my customers two things:
Look at the price/performance ratio and regardless of what brand of cables you look into:
Audition, audition, audition. Do not totally rely on what any dealer says, put the cables you might want to buy to test in your system. Listen to your system with the new cables in your listen room, compare the cables, do a little cable shoot-out and only then decide.