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Re: Valhalla Review: "clear and alluring"

Posted by Bob Neill (D) on July 4, 2002 at 17:55:16

In Reply to: Valhalla Review posted by Diatonic Cluster on July 4, 2002 at 08:45:44:

I am always interested to hear how people characterize the move from Quattro Fil (and SPM) to Valhalla. There is a trace - a trace - of leanness and intensity in Q.F. and SPM, which is the cost of its wonderful clarity. This is what causes some affionados of the warm and cuddly approach to music reproduction to object to Nordost cables. When I first heard Valhalla in my system, I was immediately struck by the release from tension and the leanness: the clarity, as you say, became alluring. I never found either SPM or Q.F. particularly lean because my ears tell me you hear both more and more naturally when you are a tick or two to that side of things, at least with today's available cable. I never heard a cable that could get a tick or two to the other side without going all snuggly on me, replacing the natural joys of music with something else: too goddamn much sugar and cream in the coffee, which sad to say, in both coffee and cable, is what is considered "regular" in this country! As I say, I never heard a cable on the non-lean side of things that worked until Valhalla came along.

To me, that it is its distinction. I am listening to some cable now that takes a very respectable step in this direction - in effect, making my Harbeths sound like Spendors, which would make some folks very happy. I've also tried them on Spendors and, thank god, they don't make them sound more Spendory!

More soon.

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