Is the SPM/Quatro fil still a good choice

I have used the SPM/Quattro Fil combo for about 6 months. I have switched to Acoustic Zen Silver Ref interconnect and Hologram speaker cable. In my opinion they both better the Nordost cables and do it for a lot less money. To my ear Quattro Fil/SPM = sterile sound. I have not heard Valhalla.

I agree with not using SPM and Quattro together. Use all of either one, preferably the Quattro. If you did not guess from my earlier post, I think the Quattro are worth the extra cash over the SPM.

I recently have developed a liking for the Blue Circle BC95 which lists for only $250 for a meter pair. The BC95 is not the best at anything, but accross the entire frequency spectrum it simply "sounds right" to me.

The internal wiring of the Nordost El Dorado power cord uses the same kind and amount of wires as do the Quattro-fil interconnects. If handy w/ your hands I have heard of people buying the used El Dorado PC for a couple hundred bucks and making both the Quattro-fil IC as well as a KILLER set of "quattro-fil" speakers cables, which even Nordost never did! Someone I know overseas has several sets that he has compared to his friend's SPM ICs and they reportedly beat the SPM all around! Thinking of getting a used El Dorado and some Nordost Moonglo RCAs and sending them over.

To answer your question the SPM/Quattro combo is excellent
I have replaced that combo in my system with all Valhalla

The difference is large
The price is large

Hi Ken, yes I feel the SPM combined with the EMC-1 (running direct I assume through the Berning) would be a good match. I use the SPM Reference right now from my cd player to my preamp with very good results.

I will be upgrading from the SPM Reference to a little known cable manufacturer from NY called Stage III Concepts that hand makes some incredible silver, flat conductor cables. I've got some of his Emperor rca's here now and they are superb, very close to the SPM actually. I will replace the SPM though with the Monument series.