Nordost Valhalla

I would try Vahalla 2. I found that they are revealing without the edge, plus your dealer will take them in trade.

*we are a dealer for Nordost, but really feel the Valhalla 2 is amazing...

High Fidelity CT-1 Enhanced. replaced my Valhalla IC's. Even more detail, but without the edge, and more body. These really are what many say they are.

Have not heard Valhalla 2's. Still use Valhalla shotgun bi-wire speaker cable and love it.

Neal

The Vahalla's premium performance strengths are your bane: they undress and expose all the weaknesses and warts in the rest of your system.

There is a reason why they are both class leaders as well as the preferred reference cables in many of the mag reviewers' systems. You get what you pay for in this hobby.

IMO you are looking at at a Mexican standoff because you lack synergy. Hence you only have two options .... You either:

(A) step up in quality with the rest of your system ....an alchemy of the source, electronics, speakers and the rest of your cables; or
(B) step down in quality to lesser -ergo more foregiving - cables.

Hi there, I would try a furutech rhodium gtx wall plug first.Its where the power starts and cleans everything up, brightness etc.Its the best recepticle on the market.Mine took a month to sound its best, but excellent out of the box

/Infection: I have heard Valhalla 2 but not in my system, very good but not for their price. Try HiDiamond XLR 3, very organic, not one bit of glare yet providing pretty good details and sound stage.

/Nglazer: you probably know that HFC do not and will not have XLR versions.