Nordost vs Shunyata speaker cables- and the winner is . .

 

ritter06 OP

70 posts

07-16-2026 at 05:52pm 

How would Nordost selectively reduce just those frequencies, leaving everything else?
 

it doesn’t. But because it is silver plated copper it has increased conductivity. On top of it, the very low capacitance reduces the filter effect. Both of these design choices push/prioritize high frequency and tilt the sonic balance towards lean. There is no reduction in bass or mids. It’s just the highs that are more prevalent. 
This is less apparent in Tyr2 as it’s a bigger gauge cable and sounds much smoother than the Heimdall 2. Nordost cables are awesome if that sound signature works in your system and you prefer a faster, leaner or sound, or it just balances the dark sonic signature of your electronics. 

Excellent answer Audphile1.  Might be correct!

Both of these design choices push/prioritize high frequency and tilt the sonic balance towards lean. There is no reduction in bass or mids. It’s just the highs that are more prevalent. 

Is that like, if you stub your toe and it hurts, to make the pain go away smack your head harder on the counter? 

In my system (ARC REF6, Pass 250.8, MSB Discrete DAC, Wilson Sabrina X spkrs, Everest conditioner) I found that the Shunyata Alpha v1 sounded better that the Nordstrom Red Dawns that I had on hand.  Much better.  Then I went to the Sigma v1 speaker cables and that was a real sweet spot in my system and a nice improvement over the already good alpha v1’s.  I have a full loom of Shunyata Sigma v1’s now.  Very happy with Shunyata.

And the winner is... a standard coat hanger. Because in blinding testing you would not hear a single difference.