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In Reply to: RE: Chinese Nordost Valhalla speaker cables sounding glorious.. posted by ABliss on November 10, 2022 at 16:56:28
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This will strictly depend on what you have in place already. In my case, neither the Odin Gold or Odin II IC's could beat any of my current single ended IC's. But I'll quickly add that these include Shindo, Hapa and Moray James IC's. Any one of these would be a minimum of 8X the cost of a Chinese Odin if not a great deal more. In regard to phono apps, The Odin Gold IC I tried was not shielded and hummed as one would expect. Not sure if a dedicated shielded phono IC is available or not. So in summary, every case will be different, but they're certainly worth a try as many here have had great success.
On a more positive note, I've really enjoyed a 3M Odin Gold XLR ( DAC to pre-amp) and the Odin Gold power cable on my DAC. And I also can't help but mention the Chinese Valhalla speaker cable. ( which physically looks almost identical to the real Nordost Heimdall 2 at roughly $2300) This cable sounds superb especially after a lengthy break-in. But truth be told, I bought a version from an ebay vendor in China and not AliExpress. Looks identical to the AliEx version but with a different type of banana plug. Of course there was no mention of Nordost or Valhalla in the ebay ad as one would expect. So in summary, most of the Chinese Odin, etc. are worth a gamble at the prices they're offered, but it's still a gamble.
Much like M,
While I've pairs of the Odin 2 standard RCA | XLR and Odin Gold RCA IC's, none of them have been in my system for more than 2-3 tracks, as my pure silver Yannis Tome Connect222 Litz IC's have won my heart in more ways than one | simply match my preferences so well, I'm very very very reluctant to remove them.
Yet can proudly say, at least I was willing to purchase them for future endeavors.
Up next. Zavfino Fusion MK ll's.
It sounds great, but the tubing is stiff and as a result, not easy to maneuver in tight places. Overall, I think it is better than my knock off Kimber Cable PBJ's, and my old Blue Jeans Cable LC-1 in sound. I tried it as a line level and phono level cables and prefer line level applications.
Edits: 11/15/22
I was thinking of trying them myself but I hate stiff cables. I'm using one of the Odin USB cables and it is also stiff and my Raspberry Pi being as small and light as it is doesn't stay in place. I don't like having my cables tell me where I can put components.
I'm using heavy doorstops / door blockers (not sure how those are called in English) made of steel and rubber, about 3 pounds each, on top of my smallest components to stop the heavy stiff cables from lifting them. Additionally they damp vibrations (I use three on top of my CD transport).
Edits: 11/16/22
I wouldn't want to do anything like that. I've been impressed with my DIY silver cables from VH Audio so maybe I'll do another pair of those. They are flexible but not cheap even for DIY.
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