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Nordost Heimdall warm???

Hi, I have been reading here that some people think the Nordost Heimdall speaker cables are warm? Warm has never been an adjective used to describe Nordoat in the past. I currently have Blue Heaven speaker cables and I am actually pretty happy with them. They have been the one cable in my system that has survived my frequent component upgrades (maybe more out of laziness than its performance). Anyway, I was looking to get two sets of speaker cables to try true biwiring and the Heimdalls are on my list to try. I really like the speed, transparency, and detail of the Blue Heavens but am looking for a bit more fullness, especially in the bottom end. I wonder if I can get this in the Heimdalls? I am not looking to add or attenuate any part of the signal. I just want a really neutral cable. Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.
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ssglx
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You might also try the Heimdall interconnects. That is where I found nirvanna in my system. It added some warmth and fullness.

I also tried the Heimdall speaker cables. They sounded very accurate and well balanced as compared to the Blue Heavens. I didn't stick with them though because they seemed just too revealing in my system. Blue Heaven (and my Mapleshade wire) smoothed the midrange enough to keep things fluid.

As I said, the Heimdall interconnect was just the ticket in my system. Great bass, naturalness and transparency too.

Chris
ssglx
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Tboooe,

When either was switched in, the Heimdall IC's and SC's each made my system sound noticeably more accurate to my ears. Instruments sounded more correct to me.

With the IC's it was striking and I have tried many and have several to compare with. Most give the impression of "messing with the signal". The Heimdall did not. It was also exceedingly transparent, meaning my system sounded very transparent afterwards. The one possibly deviation from real was a slight sweetness to the upper mids and highs, which I absolutely love.

The Heimdall speaker cables were new out of the box. Again, they were very accurate sounding, very quick, very authorative, but very revealing in the midrange. I heard deeper into the instruments, but I felt I was hearing too much and didn't enjoy listening as much as with my other favorite SC's. I do attribute this to my good but mid-fi electronics. I heard a similar effect once when I tried a higher end Transparent interconnect on my CD Player.
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