THE TRUE BENEFITS OF POWER TREATMENT! NORDOST HEIMDALL QBASE 8 MK III
...impressive, as if the speakers had changed color, in addition to having modified their drivers to better color the timbres.
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Publication: VuMetre
Date: October/November 2023
Reviewer: Vincent Guillemin
CÂBLES ENCEINTES ET MODULATION NORDOST HEIMDALL 2
Très rapide et lumineux, ils procurent en particulier une pureté pour laquelle on sait que Nordost se veut l'un des meilleurs représentants du marché.
Publication: VuMetre
Date: March/April 2024
Reviewer: Vincent Guillemin
Language: Français
NORDOST HEIMDALL 2 LOUDSPEAKER CABLE REVIEW
...it's easily better sounding than all the other speaker cables I have to hand, including my reference loom, which costs considerably more.
Publication: StereoNET
Date: October 23, 2023
Reviewer: Mark Gusew
NORDOST TYR X1 UMBILICAL FOR CH PRECISION COMPONENTS
“the sonic shift was as obvious as it was immediately apparent…the acoustic is bigger, with greater depth and presence and a blacker background…The bass goes deeper and with significantly greater weight and power…There’s more presence, body, energy and sense of ‘bowing’ in the strings…when the piano enters its sound is impressively dimensional, crisp and definite…These differences are neither small nor musically insignificant.”
Publication: GY8
Date: May 2022
Reviewer: Roy Gregory
NORDOST HEIMDALL 2 TONEARM CABLE+ REVIEW
…a definite step-up from what the Blue Heaven Tonearm Cable+ was capable of. With the Heimdall 2 Tonearm Cable+, the music appeared more immediate and distinctly layered while remaining remarkably cohesive.
Publication: StereoNET
Date: March 3, 2022
Reviewer: Jay Garrett
NORDOST NORSE 2 BI WIRE JUMPERS
The Norse 2 [Bi-Wire Jumper]…matches its task very well, offering all the refinement you would expect from a set of high-end cables and so is a sensible upgrade to the metal links fitted to so many speakers . . .
Publication: Hi-Fi Choice
Issue / Date: No 473 / March 2021
Reviewer: Neville Roberts
NORDOST HEIMDALL 2 POWER CORD
With the Heimdall 2 in my valve preamp power supply, Dave Brubeck’s Unsquare Dance is spectacularly reproduced with the crisp and sharp drum-taps and hand-claps in perfect sync with the bassline and piano. With Take Five the breathtakingly real saxophone appears in the middle of my listening room. All the instrument images are perfect and the double- bass, which is taut and full, balances perfectly with the piano and drums…. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Publication: Hi-Fi Choice
Issue / Date: June 2021
Reviewer: Neville Roberts
NORDOST NORSE 2 BI WIRE JUMPERS
The Norse 2 [Bi-Wire Jumper]…matches its task very well, offering all the refinement you would expect from a set of high-end cables and so is a sensible upgrade to the metal links fitted to so many speakers . . .
Publication: Hi-Fi Choice
Issue / Date: No 473 / March 2021
Reviewer: Neville Roberts
NORDOST FREY 2 SPEAKER CABLES, INTERCONNECTS AND POWER CORDS
The Nordost cables get out of the way of the music and the environment in which it was recorded. The focus is in the quality playback and not the cables elbowing for top billing. As such, they have outstanding . . .
Publication: Audiophilia Date: September 11, 2020 Reviewer: Anthony Kershaw
NORDOST HEIMDALL 2 TONEARM CABLE +
I am really drawn into the musicality of the performance, which is both energetic and refined…The instrument focus and clarity are both excellent and the soundstage is expansive…the bass is powerful and punchy and the drums and hi-hats are crisp, tight and engaging…I can’t fault the performance of the Heimdall 2, it’s a safe . . .
Publication: Hi-Fi Choice Issue: 465 Reviewer: Neville Roberts
NORDOST TYR 2 INTERCONNECT, SPEAKER, AND POWER CABLES – TRANSPARENCY, PURITY, TEXTURE
. . . transparency, precision, purity, depth, texture, openness, expansiveness…Nordost’s Tyr 2 loom brings all of this and more to the listening experience. Yet as I wrap up these thoughts another word now pops to mind that perhaps best sums up my analogy between . . .
Publication: The Absolute Sound Date: April 30, 2020 Reviewer: Wayne Garcia
DIE KOMPLETTE KABEL-FAMILIE IM TEST: NORDOST TYR 2
Er- staunt ertappte ich mich eines Tages bei der Beobachtung, dass die Musik vom Computer immer dann hervorragend klingt, wenn Nordosts Tyr 2-Verbindung im Einsatz ist. Fast zwangsweise inte- grierte ich in der Folge die Cinch- und Lautsprecherkabel der Familie in meine Anlage, dann . . .
Publication: hifi & records
Date: January 2020
Reviewer: Olaf Strum
Language: Deutsch (German)
NORDOST HEIMDALL 2 TONEARM CABLE
Was it just 'different'? No. There was definitely a sense of 'more' from the Heimdall. The lower frequencies were more abundant, the upper ones cleaner and the soundstage had more depth and width . . .
Publication: Stereonet UK Edition Date: October 14, 2019 Reviewer: Jay Garrett
NORDOST HEIMDALL 2 HEADPHONE CABLE
While speaker cable upgrades are fairly common, the humble headphone wire is often overlooked. Nordost’s Heimdall 2 is such an upgrade and here I have the version suitable for my Sennheiser HD 800 S headphone (HFC 439) to compare it with the cable that comes as standard . . .
Publication: Hi-Fi Choice
Issue: 440
Reviewer: Neville Roberts
HEADPHONE CABLES — NORDOST BLUE HEAVEN AND HEIMDALL 2
Nordost needs no introduction in the high-end audio world, but enthusiasts whose interests center on loudspeaker-based hi-fi systems may be surprised to learn that the Holliston, Massachusetts, company is now offering two ranges of specialized headphone signal cables. The top offering is the Heimdall 2 headphone cable (or headphone cable system), while . . .
Publication: the absolute sound
Date: October 2017
Reviewer: Chris Martens
NF- UND LAUTSPRECHERKABEL NORDOST TYR2 — DIREKTE VERBINDUNG
Auf den Punkt gebracht Die Tyr2-Kabel stellen in der Tat eine direkte Verbindung zwischen Musik und Hörer her. Getreu dem Motto „Die kürzeste Verbindung zwischen zwei beliebigen Punkten ist eine Gerade“ klingen sie absolut „straight“. Famos! . . .
Publication: HIFI-STARS
Issue / Date: Ausgabe 36, September – November 2017
Reviewer: Wolfgang Vogel
Language: Deutsch (German)
NORDOST SPEKTAKULÄRA SUPERKABLAR
Högtalarkablar lever farligt. De har ett rätt knivigt jobb jämfört med de lugna arbetsbetingelserna för lågnivåkablar med sina väl definierade impedanser och signalnivåer. Där kan signalöverföringen göras hyggligt förlustfri. För högtalarkablarna är det precis tvärt om. Här är det mer som hela havet stormar med svajig högtalarimpedans . . .
Publication: Hifi & Musik
Date: May 2017
Reviewer: Mats Meyer-Lie
Language: Svenska (Swedish)
NETZKABEL NORDOST TYR2 – VON GROSSER BEDEUTUNG
In Top-Anlagen ist das Netzkabel „Nordost Tyr2“ von großer Wirkung – ganz so, als habe da je- mand den Stromhahn erstmals richtig aufgedreht: Hoch- und höchstwertigen Stereokombinationen verleiht es das letzte „Etwas“ an Energie und Finesse – je besser die Gerätezusammenstellung, desto mehr lebt die Musik . . .
Publication: HIFI-STARS
Issue / Date: ISSN 1867-5166 Ausgabe 34 März 2017- Mai 2017
Reviewer: Wolfgang Vogel
Language: Deutsch (German)
NORDOST TYR 2 CABLE SYSTEM REVIEW
The Nordost’s performance continued to improve past the 120-hour break-in to the extent that not only the bottom-end held more definition, the midrange to top-end became opened up and provided more detail as well. Rendition of the choir singing in the FIM K2 HD edition of the audiophile-standard Proprius . . .
Publication: Dagogo
Date: December 2016
Reviewer: Constantine Soo
NORDOST FREY 2 SPEAKER CABLE AND INTERCONNECTS – EVOLVING AND IMPROVING
Recently upgraded, Frey 2 cable is the sweet-spot wire of Nordost’s mid-priced Norse 2 collection. In truth it’s actually only one player in a much larger bloodline that, in its complexity, begins to resemble the competing factions in Game of Thrones—the addictive HBO series overflowing with in- trigue, swords, and sex. And like . . .
Publication: the absolute sound
Date: September 2016
Reviewer: Neil Gader
DIE SEELE DES KLANGS »KABEL-FAMILIE NORDOST FREY 2«
Es gibt eine Beziehung zwischen Klang und Seele. Davon scheint zumindest eine recht neue Gattung unter den eher populär orientierten Sachbüchern überzeugt. In einem von ihnen erzählt die amerikanische Journalistin Perri Knize »die Geschichte einer Leidenschaft«, nämlich die ihre zur Musik und . . .
Publication: Hifi & Records
Date: August 2016
Reviewer: Uwe Steiner
Language: Deutsch (German)
HI-FI VIDEO: NORDOST’S HEIMDALL 2 4K UHD CABLE
Through the first twenty years of my life, the greatest change in entertainment technology was the switch from over-the-air TV -- with its grand total of four channels -- to cable, which bestowed all of 24 channels, some from exotic, faraway places like Atlanta and Chicago. Contrast this state of affairs with . . .
Publication: The Audio Beat
Date: April 26, 2016
Reviewer: Marc Mickelson
A CLEAR ADVANTAGE — GOING UP THE RANGE WITH NORDOST
Other than fringy room treatments and other various bizarre system tweaks, nothing arouses more anger, controversy and naysaying than the thought of cable, especially premium audio cables. Those subscribing to the religion of ABX testing pretty much claim everything sounds the same and wire is . . .
Publication: TONEAudio
Issue / Date: No.76 March 2016
Reviewer: TONE Staff
OUTFITTING AN AUDIO SYSTEM WITH NORDOST NORSE 2 TYR 2 CABLES AND QRT QBASE POWER DISTRIBUTION
Your system could be comprised of highly capable components but in order to maximize their performance – and deliver the depth and nuances found in live musical performances – you will need to connect them with good quality cables and provide them with clean power. Nordost has a history dating back to 1991 and . . .
Publication: Canada HiFi
Date: November 9, 2015
Reviewer: Suave Kajko
NORDOST NORSE 2 TYR 2 SPEAKER CABLES, INTERCONNECTS, AND POWER CORDS
I didn’t expect to hear much difference in sound quality from the Tyrs, considering both speaker cables were made by the same manufacturer. I hoped for a bit more of everything: some more bass extension, or a cleaner treble; either would have been nice. The last thing I expected was a change in the music’s overall sound. I know: the Tyr 2 speaker cable is twice . . .
Publication: Soundstage Ultra
Date: October 15, 2015
Reviewer: Jason Thorpe
NORDOST HEIMDALL HEADPHONE CABLE
Nordost. Seems that these days Nordost is everywhere. Norse 2 series? Check. Valhalla 2 series? Check. Odin 2? Check. Headphone cables? Check. HDMI cables? Check. You get my point. All made in America, all made with engineering in mind, all made with guaranteed pride of ownership. Mind you, all of these upgrades to series 2 as well as . . .
Publication: Posi+ive Feedback
Date: August 3, 2015
Reviewer: Danny Kaey
AUDITIONING NORDOST CABLES: DO SPEAKER CABLES HAVE A 'SOUND'?
It's a safe bet that your speaker cables don't look like Nordost's ultra-flat cables. Founded in 1991, Nordost is a high-technology cable manufacturer using conductor technology that was initially developed for the aerospace industry. Nordost designs and builds all of its audio, digital and video cables in its facilities in . . .
Publication: CNET
Date: July 25, 2015
Reviewer: Steve Guttenberg
UPGRADING AN AUDIO SYSTEM WITH NORDOST NORSE 2 HEIMDALL CABLE
Heimdall (properly pronounced as “HYM-doll”) is the Old Norse god who vigilantly guards Asgard, the heavenly realm of the mighty Norse gods, including Odin and Thor. If you’ve seen the Marvel Comics Thor movie series, you’ll recall Heimdall as the austere character that stands guard on the rainbow bridge Bifröst. What does this have to do with . . .
Publication: Canada HiFi
Date: October/November 2014
Reviewer: George de Sa
NORDOST HEIMDALL 2 HEADPHONE CABLE
In the big picture, 35 years is an insignificant amount of time, but in terms of high-end audio, it's an eternity. Give or take a year, it was three and a half decades ago that alternatives to lamp cord — like Monster, Kimber, Polk Cobra and Fulton cables — starting stirring the flat-earthers into fits of disbelief at the idea that speaker cables could . . .
Publication: The Audio Beat
Date: October 8, 2014
Reviewer: Dennis Davis
NORDOST - A "SYSTEM" OF PRODUCTS
The online dictionary defines system as: the unity of several elements working together to achieve a goal. Wait, what's that have to do with Nordost? Quite a bit—permit me to explain: over the years, Hi-Fi has seen its share of "systems," Linn, Naim, anyone? Typically, we have associated these system approaches within the context of the entire audio ecosystem, i.e. start to . . .
Publication: Positive Feedback
Issue / Date: Issue 69 September-October 2013
Reviewer: Danny Kaey
NORDOST - FREY 2 SPEAKER CABLES, INTERCONNECTS, AND POWER CABLES
My first proper review for the SoundStage! Network was in 2011, of Nordost’s then brand- new line of Leif cables — specifically, the LS Blue Heaven models. I was so impressed by how significant a change they wrought in my system’s sound that I bought the review samples. Almost three years later, I still make frequent use of the Blue Heavens, as the . . .
Publication: SoundStage! Hi-Fi
Date: March 2014
Reviewer: Hans Wetzel
NORDOST NORSE CABLES: HEIMDALL 2
Following the revised Leif series (Red Dawn, Blue Heaven et al), Nordost has stepped up the process of revising its line. The Norse series of cables from Nordost, comprising Heimdall, Frey and Tyr, were next, followed more recently by Valhalla 2, which will be the subject of a later review. Sitting below the ‘reference’ Valhalla, V2, and the Odin übercables, the Norse series is . . .
Publication: Hi-Fi+
Issue: Issue 106
Reviewer: Steve Dickinson
CABLES SECTION: THIS MONTH PAUL RIGBY LOOKS AT NORDOST CABLES
"You love 'em or hate 'em. Cables raise some people's hackles, but Hi-Fi World readers tell us repeatedly cables improve their sound and are a great upgrade. So here we are with Loudspeaker cables, interconnects and mains cables, as well as accessories such as connecting blocks in a dedicated section. If you hate 'em - don't look. But if you love 'em you . . .
Publication: Hi-Fi World
Date: August 2013
Reviewer: Paul Rigby
NORSE SERIES BI-WIRE JUMPERS
Several years ago I had the pleasure to review the recently introduced Frey speaker cables by Nordost. Frey proved to be the finest, most transparent speaker cables I have ever listened to in my system. Unfortunately, even with a manufacturer's discount, the Frey cables were prohibitively expensive. Nevertheless, I soldiered on with my reference single run of . . .
Publication: Positive Feedback
Issue / Date: Issue 51 Sept/Oct 2010
Reviewer: Victor Chavira
