Nordost vs. Transparent...which is better?

Visited the Nordost booth at the recent TAVES (Toronto A/V show) and spoke with Mike from the company. Great sales pitch without being too "over-the-top". Made a few very interesting points about the product which made sense to me. My question to those of you who have Nordost cables is what should I be focusing on first: Power, Interconnects, or Speaker cables? I am currently using Acoustic Zen cables throughout my system. I do like the sound I currently have but I am toying with this idea that I can make it sound even better. Oh, almost forgot, I am using Joseph Audio as my speakers and Prima Luna as my amplifier. My CD player is probably going to change but at the moment I am using a Rotel.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Purist is Great Dude!!

Hi Adg.

Glad to see you happy with the Valhalla. This stuff is addictive so be careful now! ...lol ... Enjoy!!!

best,
Tom

The Nordost philosophy starts at the outlet and suggests that the power cord from the wall to your conditioner (if used), is the most important. The source PC is second then pre and amp. Interconnects flow from the source to the pre and then amp. Speaker cables should be chosen last.

I feel that the best bang for the buck usually comes from buying just above the middle of the companies offerings and that a true demonstration of their cables can only be achieved with a complete "loom" from that manufacturer. To do so otherwise introduces too many variables and it is impossible to really know what the cables are doing to your system. You either buy into their philosophy or not.

Their website gives specific reasons why this makes sense in reducing timing errors and sound anomalies. In short, following one design will allow everything to work as a synergistic whole without competeing with various design, engineering and material choices from several different brands. It makes absolute sense, but it is not practiced by many among us. Would you mix parts from a Mercedes, Toyota, Ford, Subaru, Firestone, Goodyear?

Thanks Tom! Now I need to make up my mind on which "level" to try for my system and find a store near me that sells the products (though that shouldn't be too hard!).
I will let you know what I get and what my results are like in the near future.
Thanks once again!