Valhalla interconnects - recommended?


I have Cardas Golden Reference ICs between my Halcro DM10 Preamp and the Halcro DM58 Monoblocks which I have been happy with for years.
I don't need extra detail and certainly don't want brightness.
What would Valhalla ICs bring to that combination?
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Personallyl, I think the whole Cardas line is awful..their power cords are especially sinful. The thing about Nordost Valhalla is that it takes a very long time to break in. I don't hear a brightness, but rather a cleanliness, or clarity that really puts to shame those Cardas pipes.
Halcro,
I had a full Valhalla system and I can only tell you to AUDITION FIRST. I have since changed to cables that are less expensive, more resolved, much richer, more holographic, and on.

I suggest you call The Cable Company and arrange to audition Nordost and others BEFORE making any final decisions.
Leica man,
I've read some of your threads on the Synergistic Research range which interest me.
As I'm in Australia, I don't think The Cable Company will be happy to send me cables for testing?
If I don't want leaner, brighter or more vivid than the Cardas is currently giving me, but more space, depth and halographic imaging........which Tesla ICs would you suggest?
In my experience Valhalla is not bright, switching to Valhalla from Golden Reference is like taking the cotton out of your ears. You'll be listening to all your music over again because of what you missed with the Golden Reference.
Right now in my system I have all Synergistic Reference Tesla Apex, I did keep one Valhalla to use in between my turntable and Phono pre but moved that to my CD player and am now trying a Purist Audio Venustas phono cable. I would say any of the cables I'm using you would like, but since you are interested, I can highly recommend the Tesla Apex IC's and speaker cables.

Good Luck,
Mike
Mjglo,
I agree that the Valhalla is not bright per se, however it is the quality of the highs as contrasted to that of Tesla that is in question as well as other fundamental differences. In regard to highs it is the difference between organic and natural versus synthetic and grainy. With Valhalla in my system highs have an etched quality much like what I see when I apply too much sharpening to an image. "Sharpening" and "Detail" are two different things. Anyone who works with images in Photoshop knows that applying sharpness to an image does not create true "detail," applying sharpness actually obscures fine inner detail, while creating a flat "etched" and "grainy" appearance. This is exactly what I hear when listening to Valhalla in my system. With my Tesla cables I hear an organic transparent detail that sounds like live music presented in natural space. With Valhalla I hear a compressed two dimensional sound that unnaturally hovers between my speakers. With Tesla my room is transported to the live venue while with Valhalla I hear a stereo with the sound locked in a narrow relationship to my speakers.

All of this is of course academic until you hear your system properly cabled with Tesla cables properly matched to your system and speakers. Other factors include cable elevators for your speaker cables, and the proper cables between pre-and power amps, speaker cable models that match your speakers (Precision Ref vs. Apex really depends on your room as well as your system and speakers), the proper cable to voice your system between source and pre-amp, power cords, and so on.