Hi Doug and Sirspeedy,
Thanks for the invite, however I live alittle too far away.
Regarding Nordost wire used in your tonearm.
This would most certainly be areal eye,er,ear opener concidering you all ready have Valkyja in your system.
Roy Gregory, editor of the British audio magazine Hi-Fi+ has voiced his option many times using Nordost wire through out an entire system. His wording is ,entire loom of it from your cartridge on.
This includes Nordost power cords and the Thor a.c. distribution unit,which I have.
Gregory refers to this as the foundation to building any system.He goes on to say,this is where you should start.
It all works together and it has had an astonishing effect even in a modest system like mine.
The recent issue of Hi-Fi+ #55 has another artical written using an entire run of Nordost wire through out a system.
Acouple of years ago or so, VPI introduced their new line of tonearms factory wired with Nordost Valhalla. I bought one right away.
The 9 inch signature arm as VPI named it proved to be light years ahead of the standard 9 inch arm wired with a Discovery brand.
As you know it takes an extraordinary long time to burn in Nordost wire.
I had my new tonearm wire cooked for a solid week which was not near enough.The dealer said this was more then enough time, he's wrong....
I logged another 200 hours on it before the brightness vanished.
Once it did,I heard my system for the first time.
I have never heard my overhauled Quad electrostats sing like they do now.
Those who claim Nordost wire is bright sounding ,have not heard it in a system fully burnt in, thats for sure.
Or it simply revealed a component in their system for what it really is.
This tiny fragile signal from a cartridge is very easily distroyed with other wires used in this cridical application.
Its one of those things,how would you know if you have not heard something better?...Far and away better.
Thom Mackris sent me an e-mail last night.
There is a foot note on the bottom of the page that Thom is fond of, written by Robert Hunter,it reads,
Once in a while,you get shown the light.
In the strangest of places if you look at it right.
I think this applies very well to an entire run of Nordost wire from your cartridge on through.
What ever arm I choose for my Galibier,I will have the arm wire replaced with Nordost Tyr.
Regards Mark
