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!

Pictures from Nordost Nation! June 2021

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Nordost

Nordost is lucky to have such incredibly loyal and enthusiastic customers! One great way that our fans let us know that they are happy with the work that we do is by posting pictures of their Nordost products in action. Here are a few photos that have been shared with us recently. Feel free to send us pictures of Nordost in your system, via Facebook, info@nordost.com, or #nordostcables on Instagram, so that we can continue to share them with the whole Nordost family!

We’re a few seasons late to seeing this gorgeous shot from @yegor.malinovskii – “Fall colors just a few days ago were on fire. Winter is coming ❄️”

A beautiful piano alongside Raidho and Nordost by @hifilausanne

@getexcitedbrand – “Loving this new set up that @3maaudio put together for me.”

@soundings_hifi shared this picture with our Heimdall 2 Speaker Cables supported by Nordost Sort Lifts

@vinylnoob “Decided to switch it up this weekend and do a little streaming with Roon->PS Audio DirectStream DAC with Bridge II. #psaudio”

Red Dawn from @williamduarte.hi.fi.sound

@2010_stromling‘s Norse 2 cables are shedding light onto his music

@hifonix.co.uk “Busy morning demonstration.” with Heimdall 2. Coffee and Hi-Fi 👌

@andrea151275‘s system is in for a treat with this new QKORE6 Grount Unit!

@jimmy_hifi – “End of year post. My last system project of 2020. McIntosh, Focal, JL Audio, Nordost, Salamander Synergy, BlueSound, Sony, Roon, Qobuz.”

@finna_no has his vinyl system sounding immaculate with Norse 2

@andrew_audiophile “Some sound improving components has been added to the system. Nordost QCore, QRT and Sort Fut devices make very positive influence on the sound.”

@cultoffonza spinning some Tom Petty with Heimdall 2 and QRT

@claud1e777 – “…Tube-Time to finish off a busy week” Love the lights!

A great shot of Valhalla 2 Speaker Cables from @audio_klub

Pictures from Nordost Nation! September 2020

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Nordost

@paolo_troilo‘s beautiful listening space.

@uncle_santa and his four-legged friend seem really happy with their system!

“A Nordost Odin 2 octopus has taken over the headphone lounge…” 🤣 @absoluteaudioyyc is burning-in some Odin 2 cables so they sound their absolute best!

The force is strong with this one, thanks to @10.onezero.10‘s Reference Bi-Wire Jumpers!

@solverenolen has got the collection to match the system!

@_jason.n.n‘s Sennheiser HD 800 and Nordost Heimdall 2 Headphone Cable

@norbert_sajewski is showing off his White Lightning Loudspeaker Cables!

“Kicking off my Weekend Listening Sessions with the Luxman L-505uXll Amp and D-03X CD/DAC.” – @jimmy_hifi

@cultoffonza‘s system is wired with Heimdall 2 and ready for listening!

Pictures from Nordost Nation! March 2020

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Nordost

Nordost is lucky to have such incredibly loyal and enthusiastic customers! One great way that our fans let us know that they are happy with the work that we do is by sending us pictures of their Nordost products in action. Here are a few photos that have been shared with us recently. Feel free to send us pictures of Nordost in your system, via Facebook, info@nordost.com, or #nordostcables on Instagram, so that we can continue to share them with the whole Nordost family!

“No better way to get the most out of a 20 year old pair of mint B&W 805 Nautilus than to commit to Nordost Heimdall 2 Speaker and Jumper Cables!” – @jimmy_hifi

@andrea151275 Shared this pic unboxing a Tyr 2 Power Cord and Blue Heaven Interconnects

@phillipwangusa shared this cool black and white shot of his OPPO headphones and Heimdall 2 Headphone Cable

“New Odin 1 power cord in the system. Excited to get this warmed up and playing.” – @sl1800hifi

“Raw Power! The Heimdall 2 power cable from Nordost is built just like the mythological man himself, rugged, solid while seeing and hearing all. An enjoyable cable.” – @venothnair

“Bryson 4B Cubed feeding Nordost Tyr 2 cables. UN-fussy, clean, pure signal path.” – @jayteerides

@paolo_troilo shared some great images of his beautiful listening room

@fredriklubbe_ has his system wired with Valhalla 2, Heimdall 2, Purple Flare, and Blue Heaven!

“Nordost Tyr 2 speaker cable up close and personal. There’s a whole world inside.” – @jayteerides

“Today i have received my Nordost Sort Lift (4 sets) and they are outstanding” “It sounds really good, thanks to Nordost cables/products too. I really love the whole sinergy of system” – Rocco Ianni

“2020 Resolution
More of this” – @jrgwin

“Sunday Listening Session in my Yamaha/B&W Room.” – @jimmy_hifi

@great___sound’s Odin 2 Power Cable is looking good behind his system!

“The amp has been isolated by Nordost!” – @savvaskozi

@cultoffonza is always spinning records with his Heimdall 2 cables

Pictures from Nordost Nation! November 2019

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Nordost

@cultoffonza has a nice man cave set up with Hegel, Dynaudio, and Nordost cables and QRT!

@garosi_hifi is showing off their new QPOINT in a system wired with all Nordost cables

@ludokongen has a great looking set-up with Blue Heaven! (And some great looking guitars too!)

@tommystereoplus – “amazing day to listen some good music!”

@chadrphoto – “Lazy afternoon listening to the legendary Ahmad Jamal…”
Made possible by Red Dawn loudspeaker cables 😜

@z.caraudio showing off some old school Blue Heaven cables

@brendanvyner is getting his music room set up with some Frey 2!

Nordost’s Ax Angel cables are in full effect for @MarcUrselli’s recording session with Josh Dion

@storm_srt is up in Toronto, spinning some records on his system wired with Nordost!

@indoaholic experiencing “Audiophile Nirvana” with Focal and the Heimdall 2 Headphone Cable

@felipe.rolim92 is kicking back, listening to some music with his reference Nordost cables

@iamhearrr took this really cool shot of the Odin 2 Speaker Cable

@claud1e777 – “Fall is Tube Time!”

@jimmy_hifi is ready for a “Great Weekend Listening Session” with Hegel, B&W, and Nordost’s Heimdall 2

Pictures from Nordost Nation! July 2019

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Nordost

@cultoffonza is always sharing pictures of his turntable set-up with Heimdall 2 Speaker Cables. It looks great and we bet it sounds great too!

@yegor.malinovskii took this cool picture of his Sonus Faber speaker wired with Nordost Tyr 2

@josep_fernandez_marsal shared this picture selecting a record to play on a VPI turntable with Blue Heaven cables

@vinyl_n_hops is ready to listen to some music with his “New speakercables in place!”

@andyhartanto82 shared this picture of an amazing system with Wilson Audio and Nordost reference cables.

@louholtzman of EastSide Sound is always sharing pictures of the recordings going down in the studio. This shot shows “Steven Terry doing some overdubs” with Ax Angel Microphone Cables.

@hifivoicecom shot their Teac NT-503, supported by Nordost Sort Kones! 😍

“Have you met ODIN?” – @soundings_hifi

“Very happy with my cables!” – Olle in Sweden

@huge_sound shared this picture of an elite system of Stennheim, CH Precision, and Nordost Odin 2. 👌

@phillipwangusa has a NICE headphone rig set up with Oppo PM-2s, Oppo HA-1, and a Nordost Heimdall 2 Headphone cable!

@ne_xitri is keeping it classic with these Flatline speaker cables!

Phillip Wang shared this picture on Facebook, doing some “weekend audio testing” with the Heimdall 2 Headphone Cable.

@ludokongen has his AV system wired with Blue Heaven 👏

@mrgabrielson shared this awesome picture of his system being elevated by Nordost Sort Kones 😮

AXPONA 2019 Recap

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Nordost

Axpona 2019 was a massive success for Nordost and all of our partners. This year, we were proud to treat attendees to a reference system featuring our Odin 2 cables, that showed music lovers what real synergy in a hifi system sounds like. Or as reviewer Jason Victor Serinus from Stereophile said, “OMG, it’s music…So much of what I’ve missed at this show is here.”

Thank you to all of our friends in the industry who chose to show what their products are capable of by using Nordost cables and power products. And 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 reference room featuring products from VTL, Stenheim, dCS, and VPI

Holm Audio’s Nordost demonstration room

Holm Audio with Audio-Technica/DALI Speakers/Rogue Audio/Sony/VPI Industries

Holm Audio with Bluesound/DALI Speakers/NAD/PSB Speakers

Holm Audio with Questyle and Revel Speakers

Gershman Acoustics with VAC and VPI (Winner of Positive Feedback’s Audio Oasis! Award)

Dynaudio

Cambridge Audio

AVM

VANA/Audio Physic/European Audio Team/Okki Nokki

Pictures from Nordost Nation! March 2019

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Nordost

@hifi_im_hinterhof shared this cool shot of the Valhalla 2 Speaker Cable

Linh Nguyen tagged us in some great photos of the brand new System Solution set-up & tuning discs!

@wensonfung on Instagram says “I’ve been upgrading the cables in my stereo system one at a time, and I finally have a full set of cables from Nordost!! These include power cables, interconnects, speaker cables, and a USB cable. It’s a beautiful mess back there!”

@Seantmanley’s incredible system is wired with Heimdall 2 cables

Luiz Campos sent us this awesome shot of the Raidho Ayra C-3 with our Frey 2 Speaker Cables.

And so are his headphones! 🙂

@felipe.rolim92’s reference level system is equipped with our Valhalla cables 👌

@arthurmassif says these QX4s are an “amazing addition to [his] system.”

@howardkneller and Mat Weisfeld of VPI were excited to open up some brand new Odin 2 speaker cables and take some photos! “I have seen these cables a lot, but they have always been installed in a system and thus very tough to photograph as they were winded over a long distance and hidden by components and racks. I asked Mat if we could open the packaging and shoot the cables, to which he readily agreed. We then giggled like school girls as we both snapped some pics.”

@ruisilvamarques84 shared this great picture of his listening space. “Lazy Sunday with Mr. Fela Anikulapo Ransome Kuti playing on the Hi-Fi.”

“A friend had these sexy cables lying around and said I could give them a try. (Good friend to have!)” – @gowanusaudio on Instagram

Alberto Goldoni sent us this shot of his speaker’s hooked up with Nordost!

“These are a few of our favorite things at @eastsidesoundstudios!” – @mikeguerriero1

An incredible system, wired with Nordost, photographed by @willy_magato on instagram.

“Hard to beat this sonically for me.” – @stevechavez on Instagram

@cultoffonza is always spinning vinyl with his Heimdall 2 cables and QX Power Purifier!

@pantheorganizer’s showing off his “insane” new Hi-Fi set-up!

@rferguson55 sent us this shot of Frey 2 Speaker Cables at work with Reference Bi-Wire Jumpers 😀

Pictures from Nordost Nation! November 2018

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Nordost

@finna_no shared this great shot of his system with Heimdall 2

Westcoast Audio Video Gallery took this incredible shot of our Blue Heaven Speaker Cables with Norse Bi-Wire Jumpers

@krisztian7305 took this picture of his guitars and Nordost cables. Great sound all around!

@audiophiledk showing off some Odin 2 Cables being supported by our Sort Lifts

@henrikstylisaudio says “Nothing better than a small headphone set up in the office.”

@soundquest_ about to impress some lucky listeners with a demo of Odin 2

@ronnyhaga is “Wired for the weekend :)”

Westcoast Audio Video Gallery with another great shot— this time of our Sort Kone resonance control devices

VPI wired their reference system with Odin 2 for the perfect launch of the HW-40.

@cultoffonza took this pic of his rack, wired with Heimdall 2 and featuring a QX Power Purifier!

@stylusaudio shared this picture of a YG speaker wired with a Valhalla 2 Speaker Cable and Reference Jumpers

@huge_sound shared this image of an impressive system featuring Magico, Bryston, CH Precision, Constellation, Tenor, and, of course, Nordost.

@thetruewei took this shot of his Focal Utopias with the Heimdall 2 Headphone Cable

@sientelibre has his system connected with Nordost!

@dreamavperth took this shot of our Heimdall 2 Speaker Cable on display at the Hong Kong AV Show

Absolute Audio Video (@absoluteaudioyyc) shared this shot of one of their clients’ incredible music collection. “Not a bad system also” 🤩

Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2018 Recap

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Nordost

Rocky Mountain Audio Fest was a resounding success. There was a lot going on with Nordost at RMAF this year, so hopefully you were able to enjoy all of it. Nordost installed a world-class system in the Humboldt Peak room, including gear from dCS, CH-Precision, and VPI, loudspeakers from YG Acoustics, and of course a full loom of Nordost’s Supreme Reference, Odin 2 Cables.

Humboldt Peak was also the site of our turntable master-classes— a real treat for RMAF attendees— hosted by editor of The Audio Beat, Roy Gregory.

Over at CANJAM, Nordost joined forces with Woo Audio to give show-goers the opportunity to perform headphone cable demonstrations for themselves!

Finally, Nordost arranged a special concert for Rocky Mountain Audio Fest— a debut performance of a jazz quintet, featuring acclaimed trumpeter, Dave Douglas. Nordost was elated to provide the cabling for, and sponsor, two amazing performances where attendees and industry friends could enjoy never-before heard compositions by Dave Douglas, as well as songs available in Newvelle Records’ LP “Piano Noir”.

Nordost truly had something for everyone this RMAF. If you missed it, here are some photos from these events and more!

The world-class system in Nordost’s room: