Cable Quandary


Since listening to Nordost Valhalla 2 speaker cable, I am very pleased to notice that music coming from both speakers are balanced meaning sound played on both speakers are equal to each other. This has not been my experience with other cables. I have stayed with Nordost since 1999 and have used their various speaker cables. They started out balanced but while breaking in started to tilt to one side. My system has changed over time, but this issue stayed with me. Not this time with Valhalla’s. Cam someone explain why or am I crazy to think that. Speakers have changed over time but have stayed at one place all the time. I hope I am clear about the issue. Thanks.

couger4u

I’m running 33 ft of Kimber Kable TC12  speaker cables to my Quatro wood CT’s with good effect. Same situation as you, can’t change the room arrangements. Amp is Aesthetix Atlas with Rogue RP 7 preamp.  Wish I could decrease the distance and expect it would improve the sound but I still love what this system does.  

It is probably your room or speaker placement.  

My Wilson speakers always seemed a tiny bit louder from the left channel.  No one complained, but I could hear it. If I positioned my self slightly right in the chair it largely went away. I have always assumed the seven foot proximity to a wall on the left and open to the right was the issue.

The speakers are eight feet apart and four feet out from the wall behind.  That wall is all glass ten feet tall.  I have some four by two foot absorption panels I place around for effect.  I decided to try them vertically against the doors between the speakers making a four foot square.  What a difference!  My channels instantly centered and the center filled in perfectly.  I lessened the toe in a bit and the sound is super wide now.  So, lesson learned.  Except my view outside is now lousy but only during serious listening sessions.

I also had Valhalla 2 for some time and found it much better than the lessor Nordost.  Really pretty too.  Switched more recently to Wireworld Platinum Eclipse for more body in the sound.  Better for me… Nordost is first about exciting detail vs music.