Nordost Valhalla vs. Acoustic Zen

Keith, did you try the Valhalla or just the Quattro Fil? To my ear the Quattro Fil is very sterile sounding compared to the Silver Ref. I did an experiment in my recording studio and recorded the same music through each cable, and then played back the results. It was startling how much more ambient detail and even reverb was available through the Silver Ref that the Quattro Fil could not pass. I am using BAT VK150se amps, Wadia 860x CD and Dunlavy 4 speakers all plugged into a Sound Application CF-X with Krakatoa power cords and Satori speaker cable.

Wow you guys are right diffrent cables sound radically diffrent to diffrent systems and ears. I would say that Quattro Fil would work better in a bright system than Acoustic Zen Silver Ref. I would say that could be the only problem with Silver Ref is that it passes so much through that it could be to revealing. To my ear the Silver Ref is as much better than Quattro Fil than I would expect Valhalla to be over Quattro Fil. I have also tried Siltech 80b and I liked it too, it is a bit like Acoustic Zen, just a little to laid back in my system. I am just amazed at the diffrence of opinion here, I wanted to know if there were others out there who had the same experience and were as impressed with Acoustic Zen as I have been. I was buying new cables every couple of weeks trying to find the best match. After getting the Zen wires I have stopped. I think the Power cord and digital cables are awesome as well. The Krakatoa power cord makes the Powersnakes King Cobra seem like a piece of junk in comparison in my system. Thanks for all the replies.