The ”sweetspot” in the Nordost line of cables


One often hear that Heimdall 2 is the best bang for the buck but how do they stack up to Frey 2?
If anyone also have compared Heimdall or Frey to Shunyata Alpha I’m all ears.

Should be used with a Gryphon Diablo 300 and Magnepan 3.7’s

TIA

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I A/B'd Shunyata Alphas, Heimdall 2, and Frey 2 speaker cables.  I chose the Heimdall 2's.  The Freys were a little better but not enough for me to justify buying them over the Heimdalls.  I wanted to like the Alphas better, but the Nordost won.

With Nordost your system must be on the certain level and you have to take time to evaluate these cables. I’ve tried Heimdal 2 and Frey 2. Frey 2 was better. But they didn’t wow me. The Tyr 2 is just next level in SQ. I’m running Tyr 2 XLRs now and this is the best my system ever sounded. There’s also a surprising synergy between the Tyr 2 interconnects and the Audience AU24SX speaker cables that I currently use.
Will most likely give the Tyr 2 speaker cables a try soon to see what they have to offer over Audience.

So the sweet spot in the Nordost line up is what sounds best to you in your system within your budget. 

Thanks, the Frey 2 speaker cables was an improvement over my AQ Argent SCs but not a night and day difference.

The Tyr 2 SC is more than twice the price of the Frey 2, perhaps a Tyr 2 IC with Frey 2 SC would be a good combo for far less money than an all Tyr 2 combo 🤔