New Nordost Cable Valkyrja

HiFi+, the British high-end audio publication, has a review of the Valkyrja cables in their current issue (#23). The review is very positive, so you may want to find a copy of the mag and read the entire article. The final paragraph of the review concludes with the following statement:

" A product that follows in the footsteps of a flagship that changed perceptions and raised the performance bar can never seem as exciting. However, Valkyrja brings the reality (a word I chose carefully) of mono-filament performance significantly closer to a great many more people, as well as offering a stepping stone to the stars. Perfect it isn't, but it's nearer perfect than anything I've heard save Valhalla, and as such, it might just be the more important product."

Comment to Kn1:

I think most of the high-end audio mags suffer from the "Will Rogers" syndrome: they never met a component they didn't like. Hence, the issue ot trusting what a review says holds equally true for Stereophile, TAS, etc. (although I will say that TAS seems more inclined in the last year to offer critical or negative observations).

On balance, however, I find more reviews in HiFi+ with either negative or ambivalent comments than is generally true for the American high-end publications. If I have a criticism of HiFi+, it's their slant toward tube components made by very small manufacturers that have no real presence outside the British market. On the plus side, this approach gives U.S. audiophiles an exposure to gear we rarely see on this side of the pond. Also, I like the recording reviews in HiFi+ -- I have learned about some excellent recordings that I would not have acquired otherwise. HiFi+ also has the classiest graphics layout of any high-end mag on the market.