Quattro Fil vs Valhalla


Anyone out there been through this comparison? Valhalla is super smooth on my system, to the point of being a tad syrupy perhaps - (early days yet). The Quattro Fil is clean and transparent, but leaner on the bass side. It has a certain edge that Valhalla smooths over (I think) and possibly sounds prettier, but Valhalla is more full bodied and has a lot more detail in the lower end. Which way would you jump? Using it to connect Densen CD to Densen Int amp. Using Red Dawn speaker cable and Vishnu power leads.
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I guess the answer was always going to be fairly obvious. I was suprised at how different each recording sounds with Valhalla, having been used to QFil, and that threw me a little. I can now honestly say, after listening a while, that Valhalla is miles better.
One strange thing I did notice, and it may have been my imagination, but the overall system sound was better with the QFil still plugged in (my CD has two outputs) in an A+B test. If you take out the spare cable altogether, the remaining I/C loses a little sparkle - or is that just my imagination ...running away with me...? Is this teaching me something about system synergy, and that even unused channels and i/c's have an overall impact on the sound you hear?
I think it's possible that any unused input/output is letting RFI into your system--I know that's why people use shorting plugs or things like the Cardas Caps on their unused preamp inputs. Maybe that's happening here?
Thanks for your suggestion. Maybe I will check Cardas caps out. Anyone out there used them?