Nordost Frey interconnect hum

When I was looking at cables I had the demo case that consisted of bh through freys. In my system the bh and rd were too bright for me. The baldur was dull sounding and not as bright. The heimall and frey were extremely close but with those cables I could really hear the 'air' between the instruments and vocals. To me and my system the latter had the most balanced sound. I bought the frey ic and sc. Still have the sc but have since upgraded the ic to the tyr2. The series2 have a more liquid sound and more low end yet still sound very balanced. The new series2 are very different and in my opinion much better.

Daveyf - Have you had a chance to demo the new series2? I was quite happy with all original Frey's. Then I heard the series2. All I can say is Wow.

Daveyf - I never had the chance to listen to the original Tyr's. The only 2 Nordost cables I never heard were original Tyr's and Odin. Also I never heard the Leif series either. So you could be right. My reference at the time were my original Frey's. The series2 are very different. I will admit the Tyr2 ic kicked the Frey2's butt!! That being said the Frey2 is much better than the original. Speaker cables included. My favorite combo was the Frey2 ic and Tyr2 sc. My sc's are 4 meter and Tyr2's were way to far out of my budget.

Bo1972 - Funny my first real ic purchase were the AQ vipers. I liked them a lot but there was no emotion (blurry - flat sounding and no 'air' between the instruments and vocals) to the music. Good low to high frequency response. Later I got the Cardas Neutral reference. More emotion in the mids but rolled off highs and lows. Next were the AQ King Cobra's. Another good one for frequency response but only a hair more emotion than the Vipers but not as good as the Cardas. Then the Fusion Audio Interlockers. Great frequency response and more emotion and focus than the Cardas but had a narrower sound stage. Then the original Frey ic. Great emotion - best 'air' between the instruments and vocals and a wider sound stage. These also had the best focus. I will agree the Frey's didn't have the best low end frequency response. But it didn't matter because I have a Rel B3 sub. So the low frequency was a moot point. If you have the opportunity listen the the Norse series demo case. The lows are there with these cables. Speaking of the sub the Rel B series is a great line up. But when I tossed the original Rel cable and had a Nordost Bassline made to Rel spec holy cow what a difference. Attack and decay like I never knew existed in my system.

For what ever it is worth I started with a Rel B3 and Bryston B100sst integrated and upgraded to an Octave V70SE tube integrated. Dynaudio C1's and upgraded to the C1 Signature. Started with and still have a Meridian G08 for a source. Added a Purepower 1050 regenerator to my dedicated lines.

That being said I always recommend AQ cables for beginners as a good entry level bang for the buck cable. System synergy will determine whether or not AQ - Nordost etc are right for your system. For me as I upgraded my system cables made more of a profound difference. Prior to that they made a difference but not as profound. Last when I audition cables I disconnect the sub.

That's my experience