dcs owners--

Ozy - I know what you mean. n/v cables are not my cup of tee either. I found them to thin and anylitycal sounding on almost every equipment except maybe the warmest and most syroupy sounding.

But, to be honest, IMO the n/v power cords are the most transparent cables from the whole valhalla family, i.e. have the least of "Nordost effect".

Worth a try if they are in your price range.

ozy - I know he tried the Hydra-8 first, but didn't like the sound (it somehow muted dynamics). Interestingly, he got much better performance from Hydra-6, the cheaper model, which he ended up buying.

A friend of mine has used all Shunyata Anaconda power cords on his Verdi LaScala/Elgar Plus/Verona stack and has completly switched to Nordost Valhalla, with great resoults.

He olso preferes the AES/EBU connection on AQ The Raven AES/EBU cable over both standard and custom made IEEE1394 cable made by user "Jareko".

Ozy,

He tried both the OE IEEE1394 cable that comes with the dCS stack, and the custom made cable made by "Jareko" (from Poland).

Although the Jareko's cable was better than the OE dCS cable, the felt that standard AES/EBU interface outperformed both of those.

He uses AudioQuest the latest, top of the range The Raven AES/EBU cable, and prefers it over Nordost Valhalla AES/EBU cable he also tried (he uses all Valhalla ICs and power cords).

Ozy - If I may speak for my friend once again, he used the Shunyata Anaconda power cords on all his digital gear, and recently changed to all Nordost Valhalla power cords with great resoults.