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Cardas or Nordost for Simaudio/Magico

Looking for new cabling for Simaudio 330A amp/390 Pre Streamer into Magico A3 and have narrowed down to Cardas or Nordost primarily as I understand that Simaudio often shows with these cables.  Cardas level would be Clear Cygnus (or maybe stretch to Clear), Nordost would be Heimdall 2 (or maybe stretch to Frey 2).  Need PC, Speaker and XLR IC.  Currently using Acoustic Zen.  Ideally, would like a bit more detail and improved soundstaging.  Probably will buy used and so just want to pick one and go with it.  Appreciate any input.

dokosan
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jayctoy
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Swede58 tyr to Valhalla is a huge difference.And Frey to Tyr is also huge on my own experience.

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jayctoy
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I don’t own Valhalla but I always hear them at axpona.

ghdprentice
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While I don’t find lower tier Nordost harsh or shiny... I also don’t find them to be overall that good. However, upper tier Valhalla.... excellent  ... Odin 2 absolutely best of  class and perhaps the best available. 

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@jayctoy I’m sure Valhalla2 is a great cable but more expensive than my Maggie 3.7X’s and twice the price of Tyr2 is probably more than I’m willing to pay. I’m also interested in Audience Front Row but unfortunately they have a pretty high capacitance which Gryphon recommends to steer away from.

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