Nordost Valhalla Power Cords

I'm using (and still evaluating) Nordost Valhalla powercords (all through) + Quantum QB8, Qx4 and Qv2 in my system.

I believe the Nordost products (and Valhalla in particular) to be extremely open, transparent and revealing cables. What you hear is not the cables, but the quality(or faults...) of your system (in your room). Good or bad.

The real length is 1.8m. On the list this is a 1metre version. I did not have a chance listening to the 25 th Ann. I expect It will outperform the LE. Do not forget that this cable is 2 times more expensive. It is in a different league. Would be nice to compare it with Odin. Soon I will write a review of the LE powercable. It has more different talents than Nordost has. The LE puts some extra qualities to the overwhole sound of a system.

@Sidekick_i

100% agree.

@ Bo1972

Hi,

as I wrote before in my system, the Valhalla's power cord resulted much better at all over the also good Purist audio 25th anniversary. In my system the superiority of Valhalla's was in an astonishing speed and phase coherence and every note of music sounded more natural in terms of attack, full-bodied presence, decay and concerned harmonic structure. The sense of reality and textural nuance with Valhalla's are unsurpassed in my experience. Surely the Odin's will be better at that cost than Valhalla's.!

02-15-13: Sidekick_i
I believe the Nordost products (and Valhalla in particular) to be extremely open, transparent and revealing cables. What you hear is not the cables, but the quality(or faults...) of your system (in your room). Good or bad.

I sort of agree with you. While I do agree that Nordost products are extremely open, transparent and revealing, I find that most who really appreciate Nordost use warm sounding components or damp their rooms to balance that Nordost effect. Or maybe their systems/rooms were too dark to begin with and the Nordost brought in the light.

Then again, I also know some who are what I consider 'detail freaks'. They don't listen to the music per se, they are listening to what is happening behind the music. You know the type: "Did you just hear that fly fart behind the piano??".

From my experiences there is no doubt that the Nordost cable line is a great way to impress your friends. I just found that, in the long run, listening fatigue set in earlier and earlier, and I was no longer enjoying the music. If this does not happen with you, maybe your room is darker, or maybe your gear is darker or maybe your tastes are brighter, who knows?

There are many ways to liven up the sound of a system, using Nordost cables is certainly one of them. Whatever floats your boat.