Valkyrja speaker cable versis valhalla

You are in the position I was heading. Some reviewer's like the Audience speaker cable a little better than the Valhallas, but they prefer the Valhalla IC. Since you have the IC why not give the Audience speaker cable a try. You could re-sell the Audience if it's not your cup of tea. Me, I bought the Verastarr IC's at auction for a steal and I'm floored! I'm still breaking them in but I'm truly impressed. There speaker wire looks awesome. If the IC's keep improving I'm going to give the speaker wire a shot. I currently use Cardas Golden Reference. Peace and Good Listening, Pat.

having had valhallas'..total system of them...in the past i can tell you that the speaker cables are very good.....but...your system is very good and and should have speaker cables that would allow your system to show its' real stuff...the audience cables are also good..in my system not nearly as good as the valhallas'..however...but the valhallas' pale in comparison to the pranawire 'cosmos' speaker cables that joe cohen makes..if you truely want to hear what your system should sound like give him a call/mail and audition a pair...they are not cheap but your system will never sound better...

I did have the SPMs speaker cable then upgraded to the Valhalla speaker cable and to my ears the difference was night and day. The Valhalla is so much more open and cleaner sounding. I just picked up a Valhalla digital cable and power cable for the amp. Also and they took my system to an higher level. IMHO all Valhalla is the only way to go.

Not sure if you are still in the market, since your post is a few months old. I recently demoed the SPM, Valkyrja, and Valhalla speaker cables with my WATT/Puppies. Definitely noticeable steps in performance between the models. I also asked my wife (a patient non-audiophile) to listen to give me a reality check. She also immediately noticed the differences.

I'll describe the sound of cymbals as an example. With the SPM, they sounded good, but truncated and muffled compared to the other two. With the Valkyrja, they sounded great - more air and longer decay. With the Valhallas they were even better -- the sound lasted longer and had even more detail.

Personally, I was hoping the difference wouldn't be that noticeable, so that I could get the Valkyrjas and spend less. However, as many reviewers have said about the Valhallas: once you've heard them there's no going back.

You've probably heard that Valkyrja is being discontinued and replaced by Tyr. At CEDIA, a Nordost rep also said that something better than Valhalla is on the way.