Opinions on Nordost Frey with Simaudio and Dynaudi

Yes the Frey is detailed and fast but not bright. Blue Heaven and Red Dawns would be little bright. When I first demoed the Frey's in my home I first thought they were 'thin' sounding but after some time what I found was I was hearing more 'air' between the instruments and vocals. I had a Nordost demo case for 8 weeks so I was able to compare the Blue Haven through the Frey's. I bought the Frey's but I will admit the Heimdall's are extremely close in sound. I had to 'squint' to hear the difference. I decided on the Frey's for I didn't want to price justify the sound per buck spent then later wonder if I should have stepped up.

That being said I had a Bryston B100sst with the original C1's at the time. I have since upgraded the Bryston for an Octave V70SE then later to the C1 Signatures. The only time I heard Sim (separates) with the C1's is when my dealer had Valhalla's on them.

Something to consider - I just got an e-mail from my local Nordost dealer stating the Heimdall - Frey and - Tyr has been replaced with a series 2 version. Yes they moved the Tyr from the Reference line to the Norse line. Supposed to be a lot better but until I can get his demo case I won't comment. Ive seen quite a few good deals on the originals here on Agon (some new but mostly demo). I may consider the Tyr 2 if it is super close or better than the Valhalla's.