High End Munich 2023 Recap

Posted on June 13, 2023 by Nordost

This year’s High End Munich was an overwhelming success. With the release of three, new and exciting products in the QSINE, QWAVE, and QBASE Mark III, as well as a sneak peek at a groundbreaking new power solution, the QBASE Reference, there was a lot to see and hear in the Nordost room. It was great to experience the undeniable enthusiasm from attendees for the projects we have been working so hard on developing.

Nordost was a ubiquitous presence at High End this year. Our cables were featured in over a dozen rooms, including some of the best-sounding rooms of the show, like… CH Precision, VTL, Raidho, MOON, Grandinote, and dCS, as well as being extremely well-represented by our German distributor, Audio Reference. These highly respected companies have their pick of cable brands to highlight their products, and it is always an honor to be chosen by them.

We know that not everyone was able to make the trip to Munich this year, so we took a nice sampling of pictures from the many Nordost-wired systems throughout the show for you to enjoy here!

Nordost’s room featured our Valhalla 2 cables and QRT products, alongside products from Wilson, dCS, and Dan D’Agostino:

Audio Reference’s room used Nordost cables in several systems featuring Wilson, Krell, Dan D’Agostino and more:

The dCS room featured Nordost Valhalla 2 cables:

VTL’s room featured our Odin 2 Supreme Reference cables

The Grandinote room was wired with our Reference series Valhalla 2 cables:

CH Precision’s system was wired with Odin 2:

Raidho Acoustics’ room was wired with Valhalla 2:

The Scansonic system used Nordost Frey 2:

The MOON by SIMAUDIO room used our Heimdall 2 Ethernet Cable alongside Tyr 2 cables.

Nordost is headed to High End 2023 in Munich!

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Nordost

Nordost is thrilled to be exhibiting again at the High End 2023 Show in Munich, held at the MOC May 18-21. We have some exciting new products we will be introducing this year, and can’t wait to share them with our partners, friends in the press, and show attendees! Throughout the show, product trainers and specialists Bjorn Bengtsson, Alex Brady, and Dennis Bonotto will be performing live demonstrations and answering questions in (Halle 4) Atrium 4, Room E112. High End 2023 should be a fantastic show, and we hope to see you all there!

AXPONA 2023 Recap

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Nordost

Nordost’s goal for Axpona 2023 was to put together a world-class, reference system with some of the best components known to hifi. We are happy to say that we achieved just that! And lest we be accused of being biased, we have the reviews to back it up!

The Nordost room in Schaumburg F, supported by our partners, VTL and Stenheim, and joined by our friends, dCS and VPI, has secured three coveted distinctions of “Best in Show” from Stereophile’s Jason Victor Serinus, The Absolute Sound’s Andre Jennings (as well as an additional “contender” for Best in Show by TAS’ Jonathan Valin), and Jay’s Audio Lab. As Jason put it in his show report, we “scored a bullseye” with our room with a system that “sounded like heaven”. When describing the impact of our system he wrote, “First, my attention was drawn to the natural and real sound of bass. On…Patricia Barber’s “This Town” from Clique, I heard the largest, most timbrally correct, believable, and luscious presentation of a double bass I may have ever heard from a sound system.”

While the most highly decorated, Schaumburg F wasn’t the only room where attendees could experience how Nordost cables impact a system. In the Nordost demo room with Holm Audio we wowed listeners with our live demonstrations and cable comparisons, and we were thrilled to be represented by several amazing companies who chose to showcase their products alongside our cables.

Here are some snapshots of Nordost at AXPONA!

Nordost’s main room featured our Odin 2 cables and QBASE Mark III, alongside products from Stenheim, VTL, dCS, VPI, and Lyra:

In Nordost’s demo room with Holm Audio, Michael Taylor and Amy Hansen impressed listeners with our cable comparisons!

Sonner and Holm Audio’s room featured our Norse 2 cables:

The Dali and NAD Holm Audio room featured our Heimdall 2 cables among others in the Norse 2 family:

The Grandinote room was wired with our Reference series Valhalla 2 cables:

Woo Audio’s headphone rigs were wired with up with Nordost cables too!

Nordost at AXPONA 2023

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Nordost

We are headed back to AXPONA! Come see (and hear) Nordost, April 14-16, at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center, Chicago in the Schaumburg F room. We are bringing together some of the leading brands in the industry to give Axpona attendees a truly world-class listening experience. With top-of-the-line equipment from Stenheim, VTL, dCS, VPI, and of course, Nordost, you don’t want to miss this impressive reference system!

In addition to our show-stopping system in Schaumburg F, featuring a full loom of our Odin 2 cables, Nordost will also be performing our renowned live demonstrations and product comparisons in the Nordost Demo Room: 716.

Want more Nordost? Make sure to stop by these amazing rooms which will be featuring looms of Nordost cables, ranging from Leif to Reference!

Holm Audio: 715
Holm Audio: 719
Grandinote: 428
Scaena Loudspeakers: Epiphany
Woo Audio: 456

Nordost is headed to the Montréal Audiofest!

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Nordost

Come hear Nordost at the Salon Audio Montréal Audio Fest. Please join us March 24th – 26th in Montréal at the Hôtel Bonaventure. Throughout the show, our product specialist, Bruno de Lorimier, will be performing live demonstrations and product comparisons, available in both French and English, in Westmount 4, with our dealer, Audio by Mark Jones.

The Montréal Audio Fest is a perfect opportunity to hear the effect that quality cables have on a hifi system, and to witness how enhancements to cable design improve the caliber of a system’s performance.

Looking for more opportunities to hear Nordost at the show? Check us out in the Kevro room, where they will be showing the brand new third-generation 300s from Monitor Audio in Westmount 3.

Admission is free to the public, so we hope to see you there!

3/24 – 3/26

Hôtel Bonaventure Montréal
900 de la Gauchetière Ouest
Montréal

Room: Westmount 4 with Audio by Mark Jones

montrealaudiofest.org

High End Munich 2022 Recap

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Nordost

It was wonderful to be back at High End in Munich after such a long pause! High End was the perfect venue to introduce attendees from all over the world to the new products we have launched since we last showed there in 2019! Visitors saw our QNET Network Switch, Valhalla 2 Ethernet Cable, Premium QSOURCE DC Cable, Premium QKORE Wire, and QRT Stand Mount, all prominently featured in our reference-level sound system, wired with Valhalla 2 Cables. We were also thrilled to see our products showcased by our new German distributor, Audio Reference, in every system in their room. On top of all that, we were proud to support several more industry friends as they achieved the best sound from their fantastic products!

We know that not everyone was able to make the trip to Munich this year, so we took a nice sampling of the many Nordost-wired systems for you to enjoy here!

Nordost’s main room featured our Valhalla 2 cables, QNET Network Switch and more, alongside other products from Wilson Audio, Dan D’Agostino, VPI, and Roon:

Our German Distributor, Audio Reference, showcased a number of amazing systems using our Valhalla 2 and Odin 2 cables.

Raidho Acoustics used our Valhalla 2 cables in their phenomenal system.

CH Precision’s room used our Supreme Reference Odin 2 cables, and featured our new Tyr 2 X1 cable, designed specially for use with CH Precision components.

Moon’s room was sounding great with our Heimdall 2 range of cables.

The scansonic room featured primarily our Frey 2 range of cables alongside some others from the Norse 2 family.

Hegel’s room used an assortment of our Leif and Norse 2 cables to wire their systems.

TAD’s system was wired with Nordost’s reference Valhalla 2 cables.

Nordost is heading to Munich for High End 2022

Posted on May 5, 2022 by Nordost

Nordost is thrilled to finally be exhibiting again at the High End 2022 Show in Munich, held at the MOC May 19-22. We are excited to be introducing several new products that have been released over the course of our two year hiatus, and to show attendees what we have been working on! Throughout the show, product trainers and specialists Bjorn Bengtsson, Alex Brady, and Dennis Bonotto will be performing live demonstrations and answering questions in (Halle 4) Atrium 4, Room E112. High End 2022 should be a fantastic show, and we hope to see you all there!

AXPONA 2022 Recap

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Nordost

It was so good to finally be back at AXPONA for an amazing hifi show! This year, we were happy to treat attendees to a world class reference system featuring our Odin 2 cables. Feedback from the show has been overwhelmingly positive, and we couldn’t be happier with the sound we were able to create with our partners Stenhiem, VTL, Wadax, and VPI. As reviewer Jason Victor Serinus from Stereophile told his readers, “For huge sound in a huge room, you needed to look no further”.

Thank you to all of our friends in the industry who chose to showcase their products with the help of Nordost cables and power products. We’d like to give a special thank you to the show-goers who attended the Nordost demos in the Holm Audio room, who took the time to learn, first hand, how quality cables can make a difference in a home sound system.

Please enjoy these photos from the show!

Nordost’s main room featured our Odin 2 cables alongside products from Stenheim, VTL, Wadax, and VPI:

In Holm Audio’s Nordost Demo Room, Michael Taylor and Amy Hansen wowed listeners with our cable comparisons!

Rhapsody Audio’s room featured our Odin 2 Supreme Reference Cables:

Sonner Audio’s room featured our Heimdall 2 cables:

JS Audio showcased original WAMM speakers with our Valhalla 2 Reference cables:

Holm Audio’s room with Hegel featured our Frey 2 cables:

Holm Audio’s NAD, DALI room featured a collection of our Norse 2 family of cables:

Grandinote’s room featured our Odin and Odin 2 cables:

Nordost is headed back to AXPONA in Chicago!

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Nordost

After a long hiatus, it’s time to go back to AXPONA! Come and see Nordost April 22nd-24th, at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center, Chicago in the Schaumburg F room. We are bringing together some of the leading brands of in the industry to give Axpona attendees a truly world-class listening experience. With top-of-the line equipment from Stenheim, VTL, Wadax, VPI, and of course, Nordost, you don’t want to miss this impressive reference system. In addition to our showcase system in Schaumburg F, featuring a full loom of our Odin 2 cables, Nordost will also be performing our renowned live demonstrations and product comparisons in room 739. It’s been a long time since we have been able to visit the AXPONA audience in Chicago, and we can’t wait to see you all again!

Upcoming Dealer Events – Fall 2021

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Nordost

It’s been a long time coming, and we are happy to report we finally have a number of fun, informative, and music-filled Dealer Events in the pipeline. If there is an event planned in your area, we hope to see you there!