Speaker Cable Recommendation

@ghdprentice

+1 ( emphasis added ) It is my direct experience too. Upper range NORDOST cables starting with the NORSE 2 range ( HEIMDALL, FREY, TYR models) are very fine performers, I had an all-FREY array in a prior system before I upgraded to CARDAS CLEAR.

The NORDOST entry level LEIF range are an easy pass for me …comparatively to their top ranges … they suck to be blunt.IMO. I had the PURPLE FLAIR in a prior “B” system. As you highlighted , they are “thin” at a minimum , and IMO lousy investment at their pricepoint. I agree that the entry level range may be beaten in certain systems with other OEM options,

@magnuman

You dislike NORDOST in YOUR system (emphases added again ). Fine , no worries …. carry on …. But to patently profess that NORDOST can be “generally” beaten by the cheap options you list in your post, casually ignores my NORDOST cables range bifurcation immediately above .

There is a BIG and graphic performance superiority reason why NORDOST VALHALLA , and NORDOST ODIN , and equally, CARDAS CLEAR and CARDAS CLEAR BEYOND together comprise the big lion’s share of best of breed performance cables selected by OEM audio companies for their products at the audio expos.

TAKEAWAY

They choose the best audio performance choices from a buzzilion option choices to showcase their products lines …Sure …there are other very fine performer OEM cable companies with their high-end range options for certain bespoke system synergies including inter alia, TRANSPARENT, AUDIENCE 24, VAN DEN HUL et al …. BUT you won’t see any budget options there …, full stop.

akg_ca,

obviously you don't know the price of the neotech the Sahara and the Amazon and obviously you know nothing about wire either The Amazon starts at $8,000 US for 2 m nothing cheap about that and obviously you've never heard it either, and just because Nordost charges ridiculous amounts for their speaker cable doesn't mean it can't be beat in fact the Amazon which is the rectangular OCC single crystal wire beat an $18,000 speaker wire and it was probably Nordost but I didn't ask the retailer if it was, wire companies like nordost, transparent audio, MIT and all those other rip-off companies charging an arm and a leg for cheap OFC wire like transparent and MIT uses is a joke and it's time for people to start waking up and seeing them for the ripoff artistd that they are, it has now been proven for over 50 years that OCC single crystal is far superior for audio than anything at any price OFC and if you don't know that by now maybe you should start doing your research a little bit better, and regular silver that Nordost uses is nowhere near as good as OCC signal crystal and the rectangular OCC single crystal is even better than the round OCC, Nordost does not use OCC single crystal so they're already starting with an inferior conductor material. and obviously you should read my post a little bit more carefully never did I say that I didn't like Nordost in my system, so please don't put words in my mouth thank you very much.

Nordost is bright.....Cardas is dull.... always buy with return privileges...even if it a bit more.  Find the cable YOU like