{"id":3195,"date":"2017-10-27T12:28:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T16:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/?p=3195"},"modified":"2017-10-27T12:28:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T16:28:01","slug":"chris-martens-reviews-nordost-headphone-cables-for-the-absolute-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/chris-martens-reviews-nordost-headphone-cables-for-the-absolute-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Martens Reviews Nordost Headphone Cables for The Absolute Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Review<\/p>\n

Since its release in 2014, the\u00a0Heimdall Headphone Cable<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0made a tremendous impact on the performance level that customers are able to achieve\u00a0while using their personal audio systems. As a result of its success, Nordost soon after introduced the\u00a0Blue Heaven Headphone Cable<\/a>. Years later, both cables are still receiving attention from reviewers and thought-leaders. This month, Chris Marten shared his impressions of these transformative aftermarket headphone cables in The Absolute Sound:<\/p>\n

“The defining sonic characteristics of the Blue Heaven headphone cables are an open and airy-sounding midrange presentation with plenty of transient “snap” and definition coupled with detailed and extended highs.”<\/p>\n

“Heimdall 2 [headphone] cables yielded\u00a0several worthwhile sonic improvements, including more tautly defined but no less impactful bass, an across-the-board and evenly balanced increase\u00a0in resolution, and a really impressive quality of top-to-bottom harmonic integrity.”<\/p>\n

You can now see Chris’s headphone cable review on the Nordost website under reviews<\/a> \u2013<\/p>\n

Nordost Blue Heaven and Heimdall 2<\/a><\/p>\n

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