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Jazzhead
May 8, 2013, 03:16 PM
Nordost will introduce its new Valhalla 2 Reference Cable Range at the High End Show, M.O.C. in Munich, Germany on May 9, 2013.
Jazzhead
May 8, 2013, 03:16 PM
Nordost: high technology audio video cables speaker power cords and distribution units (http://www.nordost.com/newsstory/76/nordost-launches-valhalla-2)
joeinid
May 8, 2013, 04:25 PM
Thanks!
highEndguy
June 16, 2013, 04:06 PM
My NORDOST Valhalla2 cables arrived this weekend
Here some photos :

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June 16, 2013, 04:13 PM
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June 16, 2013, 05:11 PM
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June 16, 2013, 05:24 PM
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They're purdy Nelson, congrats!!! :woot:
Dpod4
June 16, 2013, 05:25 PM
Great to see manufacturers taking care to pack and present their high end offerings.
highEndguy
June 16, 2013, 06:10 PM
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June 16, 2013, 06:11 PM
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June 16, 2013, 06:11 PM
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highEndguy
June 16, 2013, 06:17 PM
So far, impressive sound, fast and soundstage over the speakers.
And yes, they come in a vey neat wooden box.
iamhifi
June 16, 2013, 06:41 PM
Superb, very nice looking, hell a bet they will sound superb, and also closing the gap to the Odin, Nordost has done it again.
Impressive
Angel
AudioSalon
June 18, 2013, 01:58 AM
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Cooking up a set for a client, they are indeed impressive. A little smoother than Valhalla and weightier in the mids, I think Nordost may have narrowed the gap to Odin.
DScarinci1
September 30, 2013, 06:23 AM
Has anyone compared the Valhalla 2 interconnects with the Valhalla 1 interconnects yet? I'm not hearing much of a difference so I am guessing that the difference is more profound on higher end systems.
Mike
September 30, 2013, 07:30 AM
Has anyone compared the Valhalla 2 interconnects with the Valhalla 1 interconnects yet? I'm not hearing much of a difference so I am guessing that the difference is more profound on higher end systems.

Quite frankly, IC's are the one area I hear the least improvement in cabling.
DScarinci1
September 30, 2013, 08:03 AM
Absolutely right, Mike. Put on an Audioquest NRG100 or better and anyone can hear the difference. I use Shuynyata King Cobra CX cables. The new Shunyata Python Zitron is pretty awesome too. Actually, I think the Python Zitron is the best value power cable out there. I am finding that after the 500 hour break in period, it outperforms the Valhalla 1's and the Audioquest NRG100. I'm not convinced it tops the King Cobra CX though. I think that cable is a classic and will be much sought after now that Shunyata discontinued it.
Mike
September 30, 2013, 08:24 AM
Shunyata makes some of the best cables I've ever heard. They have a good meaty sound,without losing any detail and the cables are very musical. They don't try to hump up any particular region of the spectrum. They are very balanced.
Howiebrou
January 27, 2015, 08:34 PM
I am considering the Valhalla II speaker cables. I am limited by the need to route them under a rug which doesn't give me many options. If anyone knows of any other flat cables, I'm all ears.

Cheers

howie
highEndguy
January 27, 2015, 09:06 PM
Nordost Valhalla2 would do the job perfectly
Howiebrou
January 30, 2015, 05:42 AM
I found a pair of Nordost Valhalla 1 for about 30% the cost of new Valhalla 2. What to do??
XV-1
January 30, 2015, 05:57 AM
I found a pair of Nordost Valhalla 1 for about 30% the cost of new Valhalla 2. What to do??

Do it Howie :congrats:
Mike
January 30, 2015, 08:47 AM
I found a pair of Nordost Valhalla 1 for about 30% the cost of new Valhalla 2. What to do??

I actually quite like the Valhalla 1. That seems like a good deal.
highEndguy
January 30, 2015, 09:36 AM
Do IT !!!
octadyndude
January 30, 2015, 10:17 AM
Howie have you heard the difference between the Version I and II? As good as the originals are the II's have a more liquid - weightier sound IMO. That does NOT mean it is better just very different. When I had Dyn C1's the version II sounded much better but after getting the Raidho I kind of like the originals better. YMMV
Howiebrou
February 1, 2015, 09:45 PM
Howie have you heard the difference between the Version I and II? As good as the originals are the II's have a more liquid - weightier sound IMO. That does NOT mean it is better just very different. When I had Dyn C1's the version II sounded much better but after getting the Raidho I kind of like the originals better. YMMV

Unfortunately I have not heard either. My speakers are not even here so I think I will save and go for the used pair. The only Nordost I have tried at home was the Odin :exciting:
Howiebrou
February 1, 2015, 09:46 PM
I actually quite like the Valhalla 1. That seems like a good deal.


Do IT !!!


Do it Howie :congrats:


Okay :woot: