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Nordost Blue Heaven

WOW! I just bought some new Nordost Blue Heaven IC's - 1m pair at music direct for $129 on sale. I was replacing some Nordost 300B Micro twin which I was finding a tad warm in my system.

My system is comprised of:

Sonus Faber GUarneri Memento speakers
AES Six Pacs - upgraded
AES AE3 MKII pre
Cambridge Audio 840C CDP
Clear Day Shotgun speaker cables (SUPERB!)

Anyway, the cardas cable made my system sound very warm and thick. I decided to give the Blue Heavens a try as I heard they can help liven up a warm system. I placed the only pair I bought between my CD and PRE and the first day I though "OH NO! Where did the Bass go??"

By day two holy cow!! These things sound beautiful! My soundstage expanded about 2Ft on each side, and I am hearing much more detail without any harshness at all!

Vocals are now perfect and instruments sound so real. I can only imagine what some mid tier Nordost would do for me.

Amazing cable IMO and cheap. Now I am curious to try their speaker cable!
stevehuff1
go4vinyl
188 posts
 
I did compare to Anti-cables and no contest in my system - Blue Heaven stays...like you Steve I am curios to move up the line (when I can afford) - could anyone chip in, what is the Red Dawn like in comparision?
clio09
3,355 posts
 
Some time ago I was using Blue Heaven interconnects and made the switch to Red Dawn. Red Dawn offers more of what you like in Blue Heaven, but IMO it also produces a smoother high end. Not rolled off mind you, but rather removes some glare that was evident in the Blue Heaven cables during my A/B testing.
tubetan
24 posts
 
Countingbackwards,

The sale was announced in a special Music Direct "housecleaning" flyer. Call them to check what is still available.

Eric
countingbackwards
138 posts
 
Thanks for the info - I called up Music Direct and they still have the Blue Heavens available at the sale price (even if it isn't indicated on their web site). I ordered a couple of pairs and will see how I like them in my system (compared to my van den hul d102's)...at this price, there isn't much to lose!

Rgds,
Ken.
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