{"id":1956,"date":"2016-05-12T17:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T21:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/?p=1956"},"modified":"2022-08-08T11:39:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T15:39:31","slug":"dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/","title":{"rendered":"DAR Reviews the Nordost Purple Flare Power Cord"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Review<\/a><\/p>\n

This past January, at CES, reviewer John Darko of DAR became interested in our Purple Flare Power Cord<\/a>. He was specifically curious how our cable would impact the quality of his Sonos Connect. Last month, he shared his upgrade experience with his readers on Digital Audio Review.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\u201cCutting to the chase: the Nordost cable sounds better. It shines a light into music\u2019s murkier corners exposing greater subtleties, most notably lengthening the tail of each piano note\u2019s natural decay.. And yet, paradoxically, the additional intensity brought by the Nordost wire also sounded more relaxed. Joining the dots between amped up fervor and greater repose is our third qualitative descriptor: effortlessness.\u201d\u2014John Darko<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You can now read John\u2019s full article here: Spruce Up Your Sonos Connect With Nordost\u2019s Purple Flare<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This past January, at CES, reviewer John Darko of DAR became interested in our Purple Flare Power Cord. He was specifically curious how our cable would impact the quality of … Continue reading “DAR Reviews the Nordost Purple Flare Power Cord”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"yoast_head":"\nDAR Reviews the Nordost Purple Flare Power Cord - Nordost Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DAR Reviews the Nordost Purple Flare Power Cord - Nordost Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This past January, at CES, reviewer John Darko of DAR became interested in our Purple Flare Power Cord. He was specifically curious how our cable would impact the quality of … Continue reading "DAR Reviews the Nordost Purple Flare Power Cord"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nordost Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-12T21:00:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-08T15:39:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Review-Banner-Purple-Flare-Power-Cord_wide.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"864\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"202\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nordost\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nordost\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nordost\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7b181b6c753ac144b2c35d8519936ddb\"},\"headline\":\"DAR Reviews the Nordost Purple Flare Power Cord\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-12T21:00:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-08T15:39:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/\"},\"wordCount\":140,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Review-Banner-Purple-Flare-Power-Cord_wide.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Reviews\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/\",\"name\":\"DAR Reviews the Nordost Purple Flare Power Cord - Nordost Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Review-Banner-Purple-Flare-Power-Cord_wide.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-12T21:00:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-08T15:39:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Review-Banner-Purple-Flare-Power-Cord_wide.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Review-Banner-Purple-Flare-Power-Cord_wide.png\",\"width\":864,\"height\":202},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DAR Reviews the Nordost Purple Flare Power Cord\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Nordost Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Nordost Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-Blog-header-2026_3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-Blog-header-2026_3.jpg\",\"width\":240,\"height\":69,\"caption\":\"Nordost Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7b181b6c753ac144b2c35d8519936ddb\",\"name\":\"Nordost\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5509bee817a4f0c6d7851b26dc9b5cbb40faa009383c3c835cd998722ee5a3eb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5509bee817a4f0c6d7851b26dc9b5cbb40faa009383c3c835cd998722ee5a3eb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Nordost\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/author\/norreyn\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DAR Reviews the Nordost Purple Flare Power Cord - Nordost Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"DAR Reviews the Nordost Purple Flare Power Cord - Nordost Blog","og_description":"This past January, at CES, reviewer John Darko of DAR became interested in our Purple Flare Power Cord. He was specifically curious how our cable would impact the quality of … Continue reading \"DAR Reviews the Nordost Purple Flare Power Cord\"","og_url":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/","og_site_name":"Nordost Blog","article_published_time":"2016-05-12T21:00:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-08T15:39:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":864,"height":202,"url":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Review-Banner-Purple-Flare-Power-Cord_wide.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Nordost","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nordost","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/"},"author":{"name":"Nordost","@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7b181b6c753ac144b2c35d8519936ddb"},"headline":"DAR Reviews the Nordost Purple Flare Power Cord","datePublished":"2016-05-12T21:00:40+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-08T15:39:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/"},"wordCount":140,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Review-Banner-Purple-Flare-Power-Cord_wide.png","articleSection":["Reviews"],"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/","url":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/","name":"DAR Reviews the Nordost Purple Flare Power Cord - Nordost Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Review-Banner-Purple-Flare-Power-Cord_wide.png","datePublished":"2016-05-12T21:00:40+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-08T15:39:31+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Review-Banner-Purple-Flare-Power-Cord_wide.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Review-Banner-Purple-Flare-Power-Cord_wide.png","width":864,"height":202},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/dar-reviews-the-nordost-purple-flare-power-cord\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DAR Reviews the Nordost Purple Flare Power Cord"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/","name":"Nordost Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Nordost Blog","url":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-Blog-header-2026_3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-Blog-header-2026_3.jpg","width":240,"height":69,"caption":"Nordost Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7b181b6c753ac144b2c35d8519936ddb","name":"Nordost","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5509bee817a4f0c6d7851b26dc9b5cbb40faa009383c3c835cd998722ee5a3eb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5509bee817a4f0c6d7851b26dc9b5cbb40faa009383c3c835cd998722ee5a3eb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Nordost"},"url":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/author\/norreyn\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1956"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7130,"href":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956\/revisions\/7130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}