Nordost Valhalla 2 - Susceptible to Noise?
I was over the moon with the improvements my Valhalla 2 speaker wire brought to my system, until the next day things didn’t sound so great. I thought maybe my first impressions were overblown, until I tried again after midnight and that glorious holographic soundstage re-emerged.
It seems that the Nordost cables are so resolving that I blatantly hear differences in power quality, and I’ve since gone down the path of investigating power conditioners.
But that’s another story. What I’m wondering is whether the Valhalla 2 cables themselves could be more susceptible to RF/EMF noise, given their unique ribbon design? And, if so, is their any way to deal with this issue?
I’ve seen some folks using Alan Maher’s Circuit Breaker Filters which you can simply tie to pretty much anything, but they don’t seem to be on his site anymore.
@battbot , yes, but in my case the difference is night and day….. sorry for that! But seriously - during the day the sound is downright dull and boring. At night, it is SO different. Immersive soundstage, detailed, musically engaging, like a veil/fog is lifted. Our tenants have a baby and thinking maybe their baby monitor during the day is adding to RF noise. Looking for any way to mitigate this on my Valhalla 2 cables. Without modifying them with DIY R-C filters, etc?
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Lol…. So I’ve since watched an Audiosciencereview that is passionate as always, where Amir “proves” that it is impossible for RF to harm speaker cables. I put “proves” in quotes because while his explanation makes sense to me, I also am not an expert and don’t know. Also, Nordost has told me it’s not likely RF that is causing my issue and that it’s all AC. They said shielding on speaker wires is not done by cable producers and is not needed. |
