Nordost Valhalla Power Cords

The most important thing what I learned in audio is that audio is about personal taste. But some parts you can hear. Depth, focus, resolution, air, black and overwhole sound. Some people like colored music. You cannot say chocolate ice is better than vanilla ice.

Bo, I appreciate your candid comments (Jouw mening is duidelijk, maar je hoeft deze niet meermaals te herhalen). I have been using NordOst in most of my systems and yes they do blend well with tube based systems.

Before going Odin (or more Valhallas and boy are those cables expensive, I bet their margin is north of 80%) I am looking for better alternatives (like the Stealth and PAD which are mentioned favorably by many) so thanks everyone for your comments!

That is not true. I already said a lot about the Le. You find it in this thread. Articulation of voices is the best I eve heard. This sunday I was at a audio show. At the Nordost stand with Odin I played my cd. Bruce Springsteen Brothers under the bridge. At my house the articulation was more clear. Ending words are more easy to follow. Instruments are more 3d. High heads of drums are sharper focused. The bassdrum is more defined and timing is better. Valhalla is not a good cable for poweramps. I have done many amp tests with Valhalla. Never stunning results. The Purist LE is much more talented than the Valhalla. It has more different properties and the parts were a cable is judged for he wins with ease. This cable is the best I ever heard on a Pass Labs. At the show Sunday Pass labs with Aurender and MIT and Shunyata had the same irritating flaws. The speakers were about 3 metres from eachother and the voice was over one metre. Mannnnnnnn I hate this sooooo much. I uppered next shows to use real acoustic live music. Wenn focus is poor and instrumnets and voices are too big in dimension I get really irritated.

Hi Bo1972,Thanks for my answering my questions about your offerings,do you sell componets are just cables?,I betting on you can get alot,most dealers can get whatever one wants these days,oh, by the way I am a passlabs fan as well,,I am formost a Krell fan of their solid state amps,I have a very good Krell amp that is a little older but not absolete!,called The Krell 700cx,that I love!with the cables I use on this amp it is very real sounding!very close to being at a live musical event to say the least.cheers!

@ jmcgrogan2,I still own the tara cable called, The one i/c and speaker cable,It is a very good cable for the money,I also use to own decade i/c and speaker cables,the decade was a good cable at the its price point,I had mine in the mid 90's as well,I even had the cable before that called the rsc master gen,the one cable system I just bought last may 2012,I recently decided to move up the Tara cable food chain,all the way to the top!,I owned the one in 1997 too,it got stolen,so for ole times sake I bought another the one cable system,The difference between the one and the zero gold is scary!,stunning,chills up and down your arms, mouth agape in shock!the zero gold has attributes that no other cable in the world can match!,no,i'm not saying it;s the best,there is no such thing!like the nordost has its attributes so does the tara,I prefer the tara,to each there own!,,you were talking about bass,everything the zero gold and omega gold and cabolt does is some of the best available,in other words bass is not an issue at all,as a matter of fact I have never heard any better in my life!,remember,the top tier cable systems from tara is considered world over in the handful of cables as the best available,,as I have said,Tara is in the R&D making a new top cable for the first time since 1998,they have already got a year and a half in developing this new cable!It may come out in the next c.e.s. show next year,I do not believe I need it,The current top tir tara is made for $50,000.00 a componet systems,that I do not have anyway,so I am ready for eany up-grades when I feel it neccesary,,I am glad to hear such wonderful news about stealth cables,and the fact they are u.s.a. made!cheers and happy listening!