Valhalla interconnects - recommended?

I went from Valhallas to Antipodes Gold interconnects (after trying a lot of alternatives) and enjoy my system a lot more now. The Valhallas always made my system sound very impressive and it was hard to fault the sound, but there was somehow a lack of the tonal colour of the real thing, making the system sound a little mechanical. I found I would quickly lose interest in the music and go do something else. I don't think the Antipodes portray any less detail, it is just more harmonically rich and musical without any loss of detail or speed. I think you can do a lot better than the Cardas Golden Reference. I used to own some of those. But I don't think the Valhallas would be at the top of my list of recommended cables for your system.

Personallyl, I think the whole Cardas line is awful..their power cords are especially sinful. The thing about Nordost Valhalla is that it takes a very long time to break in. I don't hear a brightness, but rather a cleanliness, or clarity that really puts to shame those Cardas pipes.

Halcro,
I had a full Valhalla system and I can only tell you to AUDITION FIRST. I have since changed to cables that are less expensive, more resolved, much richer, more holographic, and on.

I suggest you call The Cable Company and arrange to audition Nordost and others BEFORE making any final decisions.

Leica man,
I've read some of your threads on the Synergistic Research range which interest me.
As I'm in Australia, I don't think The Cable Company will be happy to send me cables for testing?
If I don't want leaner, brighter or more vivid than the Cardas is currently giving me, but more space, depth and halographic imaging........which Tesla ICs would you suggest?

In my experience Valhalla is not bright, switching to Valhalla from Golden Reference is like taking the cotton out of your ears. You'll be listening to all your music over again because of what you missed with the Golden Reference.
Right now in my system I have all Synergistic Reference Tesla Apex, I did keep one Valhalla to use in between my turntable and Phono pre but moved that to my CD player and am now trying a Purist Audio Venustas phono cable. I would say any of the cables I'm using you would like, but since you are interested, I can highly recommend the Tesla Apex IC's and speaker cables.

Good Luck,
Mike