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\"Review<\/p>\n

Nordost was happy to receive a glowing review of our\u00a0Valhalla 2<\/a>\u00a0Reference Cables in the July issue of Stereophile. Reviewer Brian Damkroger had first reviewed the original Valhalla cable range in November of 2001, describing them as a “revelation”, at the time. We were eager to see how he would react to the improvements made to the Valhalla 2s, and in his words, there was “no comparison between the two generations.”<\/p>\n

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“My first impressions of the Valhalla 2 References, which remained unchanged throughout my listening, were of how smoothly the music flowed from note\u00a0to note; of a very natural warmth and tonal richness of the sounds of instruments; and of how solid, dimensional, and tangible images and soundstages seemed.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Brian Damkroger, Stereophile.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can now read Damkroger’s article,\u00a0Nordost Valhalla 2 Reference \u2014 Interconnect, Speaker Cable, Phone Cable, Power Cord<\/a>, on the\u00a0review section<\/a>\u00a0of the Nordost website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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