{"id":2912,"date":"2017-06-23T14:57:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T18:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/?p=2912"},"modified":"2017-06-23T14:57:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T18:57:59","slug":"marc-mickelson-reviews-the-valhalla-2-usb-cable-for-theaudiobeat-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/marc-mickelson-reviews-the-valhalla-2-usb-cable-for-theaudiobeat-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Mickelson reviews the Valhalla 2 USB Cable for TheAudioBeat.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2913\" src=\"http:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Review-Banner-V2-USB_wide.png\" alt=\"Review Banner-V2-USB_wide\" width=\"864\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Review-Banner-V2-USB_wide.png 864w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Review-Banner-V2-USB_wide-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Review-Banner-V2-USB_wide-500x116.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">We are very pleased to share the latest review of our <a href=\"http:\/\/nordost.com\/valhalla-reference\/usb-cable.php\" target=\"_blank\">Valhalla 2 USB 2.0 Cable<\/a>, recently published on <a href=\"http:\/\/theaudiobeat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">TheAudioBeat.com<\/a>.\u00a0In his review,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nordost.com\/images\/review-images\/review-pdf\/Nordost_Valhall2_USB.pdf?utm_campaign=Product%20Reviews&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9yFYhp1h9QAzh7IhoXG401qQpDD5SPB7mYSLEANRWluWQCoEZfzAmcaySEaUQOdICDCWHT\" target=\"_blank\" data-hs-link-id=\"0\">The Necessary Link: Nordost&#8217;s Valhalla 2 USB Cable<\/a>, Marc Mickelson describes the improvements that Nordost\u2019s precision-built, American-made USB cable brought to the reproduction of his digital music:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"color: #000000;\"><p>&#8220;Valhalla 2 USB mirrors my reaction to hearing Nordost Odin cables\u2014in the form of a single phono cable\u2014for the first time: the sense that I was not just hearing more of the music\u2014the finest details and the largest master strokes, all expertly integrated into the soundscape\u2014but less of a fine background scrim that I only noticed it once it was gone.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nordost.com\/images\/review-images\/review-pdf\/Nordost_Valhall2_USB.pdf?utm_campaign=Product%20Reviews&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9AZvNybz12HlKk7-gRUolVmrFxNhX2pet2CNjSBEO3bynojbbmwpRzlPBmwNVB3Efujglt\" target=\"_blank\" data-hs-link-id=\"0\">Read Marc&#8217;s review in its entirety\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">(Many more great Nordost reviews can be found on the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #d52323;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nordost.com\/reviews.php\" target=\"_blank\">Reviews Page<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0our website)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are very pleased to share the latest review of our Valhalla 2 USB 2.0 Cable, recently published on TheAudioBeat.com.\u00a0In his review,\u00a0The Necessary Link: Nordost&#8217;s Valhalla 2 USB Cable, Marc &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/marc-mickelson-reviews-the-valhalla-2-usb-cable-for-theaudiobeat-com\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Marc Mickelson reviews the Valhalla 2 USB Cable for TheAudioBeat.com&#8221;<\/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-2912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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