Nordost Valhalla 2 Speaker Cables

RARE ON THE
USED MARKET AT THIS PRICE: Offered here are a pair of MINT Nordost Valhalla 2
2.0 M Speaker Cables at a FIRM price of $5600. (MSLP: $11,849/2m)

Yes, New is
Nice, Used at this price is VERY NICE!

No Low Ball Offers Please, they will be ignored. Sale and Shipping to continental US only.
No Returns.

Well, if
you are looking at this ad, you are seriously serious about listening to your
music. Let me just say that these speaker cables as good as everyone says they
are in reproducing music of any genre: Fast, clear with an absolutely black
background, and they just fill the room in a way you have never experienced
with your current system. Orchestra: You’re in the hall choice center section
seats and music all around you; In you favorite Jazz Club: Cassandra is right
in front of you; Grateful Dead Live: Just as you remembered at the Filmore: Jerry
picking; Phil’s bass booming. Bill Evans at the Village Vanguard: You’re there.
Right there. Bill Evans is right in from of you, glasses tinkling all around low
murmurs of conversation. Pick any of your favorite tracks and you will discover
new music you never knew you had. Enjoy.

Purchased
from authorized dealer. Smoke and Pet Free home. Mint condition.

From The
Absolute Sound:

 https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/nordost-valhalla-2-reference-interconnect-speaker-cable-and-power-cable

When
listening to the Valhalla 2 in my own room with a variety of amplifiers—the
Balanced Audio Technology Rex II, the Jadis JA88S, and the Ypsilon SET 100
Ultimate—I heard this same quality.

I was also
immediately impressed by its soundstage depth and smooth tonal balance. When I
listened to a CD of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra’s performance of Carl
Philipp Emanuel Bach’s harpsichord concertos played by Andrea Staier, the
Valhalla 2 seemed to stretch endlessly into the corners of the hall. And talk
about smooth! Coupled to the Jadis JA88S, it rendered the brass instruments on
an old Vox LP, a label not particularly known for its mellifluousness, with
beautiful tonal weight. The trombones had a dense, dark, rich sound that is
awfully difficult to reproduce on any recording. And then there was the sheer
speed, the delight, of being able to hear the antiphonal effects of renaissance
brass music on works by Samuel Scheidt and Thomas Weekles. (It may seem nuts to
couple the Valhalla speaker cables to an integrated Jadis that costs $15,000,
but that amp is such a stellar piece that it fully merits top-notch ancillary
equipment.)

At the same
time, the Valhallas emphatically displayed Nordost’s traditional strengths.
Consider a recent Harmonia Mundi recording of Beethoven’s Archduke Trio,
performed on fortepiano by Alexander Melnikov with Isabelle Faust on violin and
Jean-Guihen Queyras on cello. Melnikov, a fabulous pianist, performs on a
restored 1828 instrument. The Valhalla seemed to track every nuance of the
mellower sound of the fortepiano, not to mention the exquisite interplay among
the performers. None of the strings’ bite was shorn off, even as the gracious,
lilting swells of the interchange of sixteenth notes were rendered with what
seemed like absolute fidelity. On certain crescendos the music seemed to pop
from the loudspeakers with thunderous impact, particularly on dotted eight
notes, as Faust and Queyras dug into them with savage ferocity. On such
passages the music moved me from admiration of an electronic reproduction to a
more exalted state—pure enjoyment of the performance itself, so full of obvious
zest and intelligence.

Valhalla 2 offers much of Odin’s performance and is, above all, eminently
satisfying. It delivers the whole package: speed, detail, resolution, and
musicality. There are other cables that will provide a fuller presentation,
others still that will sound zippier, and so on. But Nordost has struck a fine
balance here, producing a cable that will elevate the performance of just about
any audio system. And my understanding is that Nordost is not standing still,
with new products currently in development. If its latest Valhalla line is
anything to go by, the company is firmly on the right path.
Note: Contact me for purchase options. Thank you.