Valhalla interconnects - recommended?

In my experience Valhalla is not bright, switching to Valhalla from Golden Reference is like taking the cotton out of your ears. You'll be listening to all your music over again because of what you missed with the Golden Reference.
Right now in my system I have all Synergistic Reference Tesla Apex, I did keep one Valhalla to use in between my turntable and Phono pre but moved that to my CD player and am now trying a Purist Audio Venustas phono cable. I would say any of the cables I'm using you would like, but since you are interested, I can highly recommend the Tesla Apex IC's and speaker cables.

Good Luck,
Mike

Mjglo,
I agree that the Valhalla is not bright per se, however it is the quality of the highs as contrasted to that of Tesla that is in question as well as other fundamental differences. In regard to highs it is the difference between organic and natural versus synthetic and grainy. With Valhalla in my system highs have an etched quality much like what I see when I apply too much sharpening to an image. "Sharpening" and "Detail" are two different things. Anyone who works with images in Photoshop knows that applying sharpness to an image does not create true "detail," applying sharpness actually obscures fine inner detail, while creating a flat "etched" and "grainy" appearance. This is exactly what I hear when listening to Valhalla in my system. With my Tesla cables I hear an organic transparent detail that sounds like live music presented in natural space. With Valhalla I hear a compressed two dimensional sound that unnaturally hovers between my speakers. With Tesla my room is transported to the live venue while with Valhalla I hear a stereo with the sound locked in a narrow relationship to my speakers.

All of this is of course academic until you hear your system properly cabled with Tesla cables properly matched to your system and speakers. Other factors include cable elevators for your speaker cables, and the proper cables between pre-and power amps, speaker cable models that match your speakers (Precision Ref vs. Apex really depends on your room as well as your system and speakers), the proper cable to voice your system between source and pre-amp, power cords, and so on.

Leica Man,
I've been using Synergistic wires for a few years and the Tesla Apex sound very nice in my system. I picked up the Valhalla to use between my TT and phono preamp, although I've used them in the past but not an all Valhalla system. I tend to mix wires but usually not more than two brands. I trust your ears more than mine since I don't do a lot of A/B testing. I'll usually try a wire at one spot and run it for a few weeks to see how I like it. Right now I'm new to and listening just to my TT with the Purist Audio Venustas hooked up. I just wanted to add my thoughts to perhaps save one person from those Golden Reference wires, I think the OP's system deserves better.
Also, may I ask, do you have any experience or know anything about the Synergistic Research Tricon phono cable? I want to try those next.

Thanks,
Mike

Mike,
I do have a turntable (need to update my system description). Anyway the Tricon Analog is like all other Tesla cables. Try it and let us know-I love mine.

Good luck,
John

Mike,
I knew I wrote a review of the Tricon Analog but thought it had been "erased" by the Mods. Anyway here's a link to that review:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1191003319&openusid&zzLeica_man&4&5#Leica_man