Nordost Odin - anyone upgrading?

i had a glimmer of hope that you were really as whacked out you play, but then i saw the line about rewiring your house with Valhalla.

Congratulations on being the best scammer here. you are quite excellent at playing it up.

Full props

Odin gave one eye so that he could gain wisdom. What will you be giving?

I don't know if I will upgrade, but I will give the cable a try. Nice to see they will officially introduce the Odin at High-End this week as that is where I'll be on saturday. I'm sure Lars will do the demo as usual, so I'll see what he has to say about the new cables.

Patrick,

Remember we hinted that Nordost would replace the Valhalla line? WTYS...

It will be interesting to see how audiogon manages the Nordost Valhalla secondary market during 2007/2008.

- Steve O.

Prices for the Odins?

Mark

2m speaker cable: $28.900,- / 21.380,- / GBP 14.650,-
1m XLR interconnect: $18.165,- / 13.440,- / GBP 9.190,-

Those are retail prices, of course street prices will be alot less as usual.
And yes, I'm sure there will be some good deals on used Valhallas soon and I will probably buy a couple of them.

I fold. Valhalla's were expensive enough for me... it's nice to know I found my limit

Now, I must remind myself never to demo these cables, just in case!

Mark

or perhaps even the Transparent Opus secondary market


Moi aussi


I am most happy with my Valhalla

I just spoke to Jeff at Nordost and indeed those are the correct MSRP's

I'm looking forward to the magazine reviews!

Mark

I think that's the creepiest myspace bio I've ever read.

Patrick,

It's all supply & demand (with some luck mixed in).

Watch the used market during the winter holidays, US tax due date season, and around major A/V shows when dealers are told about product updates.

On head-fi - look what happened right before and after the San Diego head-fest - lots of buying/selling in antipication of different products, and lots of buying/selling after hearing different gear.

It's been interesting to see what happened with EMM Labs combos last year for example.

As far as Nordost Valhalla vs. Odin - it's your wallet - you're going to have to decide how long and far you will ride with that company. My only favor I ask is to take it easy on the Odin and not chop & solder it to pieces - maybe Nordost will sell you unterminated ICs.

If Nordost plans to stay in business and not get bought by another company (or go bankrupt somehow), they will ALWAYS have to refresh their product lineup.

- Steve O.

+1

Note to Valhalla: Having Tom as a friend doesn't count.

It's sooo tempting to make up a 'mate' profile that could match our friend Valhalla's. Do I dare?

LOL, i didnt realize you guys use decimal points and commas opposite how i learned here in the States. I was like, $US18 is very reasonable, then I was wondering why you had 5/10 of a cent (similar to the gas station pricing scheme). Then I realized, that the commas and decimal points are switched...

I don't understand these price's? for $47,000.00 could get an very good 2-channel pre-pro,amp,speakers,and still buy $1,000.00 cables to match. I just could not validate the investment in just cables for that price..

true but you would not experience the full brightness of the music, an the ceiling would be lowered, and floor would be raised in the soundstage without the cables allowing the pre/pro-amp-driver combos to perform to their fullest potential.

We already know that a 1000$ power cord can make a 1000$ DAC perform like a 10000$ DAC. this is basic science.

Ditto ...these insane prices are enough to transform me in an "objectivist"

Wow!

The Odin's are apparently to be reviewed in the next issue of Hi-Fi+ magazine. Should be an interesting read.

Mark

undoubtedly!

THere will likely be an absolutely amazing collection of hyperbole.

Is hyperbole one of the Norse gods?

actually not--in reality an Asian war lord called Hypel Bore

I'm betting 2 days max on this thread

It is a good test though.

ANy objectivist who throws more than one witty (or not so witty) response is obviously really bored.

Better keep reminding yourself then Mark.

Once you get a demo of the Odins, there's simply no way back to the Valhalla. If you want to hear a similar difference, get yourself a Blue Heaven and switch back and forth between that and your Valhalla. That is about the difference you will get between the Valhalla and the Odin. I haven't heard it in my own system (I doubt anyone has yet), but what I heard blew me away. It is THAT good. Thank god I have my amps sitting next to my speakers, so 1m or 1.5m will do it for me, but that's still 10k/15k retail.

Oh and btw, Lars confirmed they're working on Odin power- and digital cables as well. With some luck we'll still see them this year, otherwise next year.