Nordost Valhalla 2 announced

How many of you have upgraded from to Valhalla 2? What other cables have you heard in your system before making the jump?

I owned the Valhalla for about 12 years of time. I bought the new 2013 Audioquest Redwood bi-wire. I was surprised that it beat the Valhalla in every aspect you Judge a cable for.

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&1365764680&openmine&zzBo1972&4&5#Bo1972

Bo how about comparing to the NEW Valhalla2.

I auditioned the Odin also a few times. It is not my cable. Because you still miss a few important parts which need to be there. I had these discussions many times with the people of Nordost. One thing they improved; a more relaxt sound. But you still miss the sharp and small focus of instruments and voices. I hate all the demos at shows when voices and instruments are played too big in proportion. Those people need to learn and hear to real music. The intimate focus of instruments and voices is an essential part for the absolute sound. After I bought the Red Wood I realized that I missed some musicality and individual focus when I owned the Valhalla. Do not forget that I did a lot to limit the flaws it already had.

Bo1972,

I have noticed that in just about every thread generated on Nordost over the past year you have jumped in to tell folks that you sold Nordost cables for the past 9 years and run 100's of tests with them -- and now you find Audioquest is better. How about investigating other cables? Have you heard Ansuz cables for example? How do you find them? Also, have you compared Nordost Valhalla 2 to the original? What are the differences? Looks like 100's more tests are needed.....