Jadem6
I will be the Devil's Advocate here because for me the Valhalla is "the" most neutral cable that I have ever heard--or should I say "never" heard.
Jadem6--you hit it right on that the Valhalla will light up the deficiencies of a borderline system. All others to my ears are only adding a sonic signature or some form of coloration which is pleasing to your ears and hide the inadequacies of a system. I have used all of these cables heretofore mentioned and I keep coming back to Valhalla. The only other cable on my short list which I would consider is the Kubala Sosna Emotion. If you find there are inadequacies in your system when using Valhalla, IMO I would address these rather than covering them over with a cable that adds a sonic signature. The Valhalla is absolutely "neutral" and plays the music the way it was meant to be heard.
The strength of the Valhalla are speed, tight definition, dynamics and open airy top end. The weakness is they can be overly revealing and edgy in a bad system. They are also too thin on top; this has held true on every system I have heard them in. The thinness was mistaken by me for dynamics and openness.
I will be the Devil's Advocate here because for me the Valhalla is "the" most neutral cable that I have ever heard--or should I say "never" heard.
Jadem6--you hit it right on that the Valhalla will light up the deficiencies of a borderline system. All others to my ears are only adding a sonic signature or some form of coloration which is pleasing to your ears and hide the inadequacies of a system. I have used all of these cables heretofore mentioned and I keep coming back to Valhalla. The only other cable on my short list which I would consider is the Kubala Sosna Emotion. If you find there are inadequacies in your system when using Valhalla, IMO I would address these rather than covering them over with a cable that adds a sonic signature. The Valhalla is absolutely "neutral" and plays the music the way it was meant to be heard.