Speaker Cables

[Antoine]

My last three pairs of speakers cables have all been Nordost (Flatline Gold, Heimdall 1 and now Tyr 1 which are one tier below Valhalla) and they really need to fit in ones system and of course match the preferences of the listener. To expect them to always match, or always work as a drop-in replacement in any well tuned system would indeed be wrong IMO.

I agree that the entry level cables of Nordost can sound a bit thin (relatively) and the higher you go in their range the more friendly match they become. I have no experience with the new "2" range but these also seem to be a more friendly match with more different systems.

The Nordost cables are very fast and transparant. They won't hide issues upstream in one's system or polish up/smooth the sound. If your speakers tend to be bright for example that's what you will hear. More copper and no silver tends to smooth and warm things, some people like this but it's something I recognize as 'getting in the way' and imparting the same sauce over anything served. Nordost is the opposite, they use silver, not much copper and low capacitance di-electrics (air and teflon). You'll hear "everything" that's there without the sauce. Once everything's right you'll be treated to a very honest but natural sounding reproduction of whatever you feed into your system from your source.

Just my €0.02 of course.