Reviews of $10k plus ics, speaker wires, and pcs

I owned the Valhalla loudspeakercable for 12 years of time. When the Odin came out I had a chnage to compare it with my own music with the Valhallla.

Odin had more authoritity, drive, decay and a more 'natural'invloving sound than the Valhalla. It cost a lot more.

I still think Nordost is imcomplete when you Judge a cable for all different parts there shouls be for the absolute sound.

I've heard Nordost High End wires once that I know of in a 6 digit tube amp dealer system with Magico Mini 2 speakers. It was very good sound in a smaller room with the Magicos, especially for classical music. but pop/rock genre left me somewhat cold for those $$$s. I expected perfection always with a system like that.

I sold Nordost for over 9 years of time. I sold a lot of Valhalla in the past as well.

The limitations are involvement in the mid freq. Not an intimate realistic proportion of instruments and voices.

Other brands also can give a wider and deeper stage.

Bo, your assessment of Nordost is consistent with my limited exposure to them to-date.

I sold and used Nordost my way. Like I do many things differently.

But for a reason. As a perfectionist it need to be perfect, or it is a no go.

I hate every single limitation. So what you do is you try to solve them. You add properties it does not own to make it complete.

So I used Kimber interconnects to change some limitations.

When I used Kimber interconnects the stage became wider and deeper. But I also got a much sharper individual focus of instruments and voices. And a much more open and involving mid freq.

And as you know; hearing is believing. In blind test all people choose for then Nordost/Kimber combo instead of full Nordost combo.

During discussions about this with the Nordost people they got irritated. Because they are f... blind ( deaf) and believe in there f....bullshit synergy story.

The prevered sound is what counts. There stories are worth nothing!