Have not heard the AQ Hurricane but my local Nordost and AQ dealer let me recently take home a used Valhalla 2 PC and it’s a great cord but even used I had a hard time dropping $2K on it but tempting. I instead picked up another WyWires Platinum HC PC for a lot less used and couldn’t be happier. Not saying the two are the same in sound quality but the WyWires was less than a third of the price and I don’t feel I am missing anything. Maybe in a better system than mine the Valhalla 2 would have pulled away but nonetheless it was great.
Nordost Valhalla 2 Power Cord Worth It? Over Audioquest Hurricane?
I am wondering about the performance delta between the Nordost Valhalla 2 PC versus something more "reasonably priced" as the Audioquest Hurricane PC. Is there anyone with some experience with both of these cords able to comment on the sonic differences as you go up to the Valhalla 2? I'm certain the answer will depend what I am connecting the cords to. It will be one cord for a Gryphon Diablo 300 integrated amplifier, and another cord for an InnuOS Zenith MKIII music server. In other threads, I've seen some people note that a high-end PC with the Diablo won't yield much difference from the stock cable, but I'm not sure if that is true? I'd conduct some tests but I unfortunately don't have the gear quite yet, and I'm planning out the cabling.