Nordost new power leads v2

Yup. I have both Shiva and Vishnu. Shiva's a little bit thin; Vishnu is, as Linkster wrote in another thread, "turbocharged." In fact, these are better than I thought, something I didn't realize until I'd had another cord on my preamp for a few days, and discovered the Vishnu sounded better. God only knows what the Valhalla power cord does! And this from a Shunyata owner!

Sebastian:
what do you hear as the most significant improvement going from Vishnu to Valhalla?

You know, I had a thought: Shiva would be fine for a warm, romantic component that needed some speed, but not for components that are lean, mean, fighting machines already. In such an instance, it seems to "lighten" the presentation. Besides all this, the Vishnu has much more airiness, "aliveness" and nuance than the Shiva, which, to my ears, has very little of those particular traits.

Shiva is Paris Hilton: Vishnu is Diana Rigg.