Many expert listeners have said that unshielded interconnect cables sound better than shielded ones, but the listening landscape has been changing. In this cellphone-ridden, WiFi world of ours, there are now situations that prevent unshielded interconnects from working effectively.

Once again, Nordost’s formidable R&D team has arrived at a solution. The company’s new flagship interconnect cable, called Odin, prevents the sonic degradation previously associated with shielding.

While each of Odin’s eight individual conductors is jacketed in a metal tube, thereby delivering an unprecedented degree of shielding, the shields don’t carry any part of the audio signal. Therefore, the cables don’t produce the blurring and consequent time smear that contaminate other shielded interconnects.

Moreover, Nordost has incorporated these advancements in an easy-to-use interconnect cable that’s supremely flexible.

Nordost Odin interconnect and speaker cables both embody a proprietary manufacturing technique known as Dual Micro Mono-Filament Technology, which employs a pair of helically-wound Teflon threads to separate the conductor from its insulation. The result is an 85% air dielectric, more than enough air space between conductor and insulation to avoid coloration, and it’s maintained even when the cable is bent.

As we’ve come to expect from Nordost, the technology is mightily impressive, but it can’t prepare you for the audible musical improvements Odin interconnect and speaker cables deliver: lightning-fast transients; soundstaging with a wider compass and a deeper reach; and sonic images more palpable than you thought recordings could contain.

This cabling was expressly designed to enhance the capability of today’s finest audio components. If your system includes such equipment, you probably qualify for a free home trial, so please call Leonard Bellezza at our Manhattan store (212-439-1900) or Dan Mondoro in White Plains (914-949-7500) to arrange it. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear what the best interconnect and speaker cables ever made can do for you.