Nordost Valhalla 2 Ethernet Cable

March 8, 2021

These days, Hifi systems that were once driven exclusively by vinyl and CDs are now often run by content stored on NAS drives and servers using ethernet cable.

For those favouring digital music, Nordost Cables has launched the Nordost Valhalla 2 Ethernet Cable.

Nordost Valhalla 2 Ethernet Cable

In order to meet the increasing demand for high-speed data and increased bandwidth, the Nordost Valhalla 2 Ethernet Cable has eight, 23 AWG, solid core conductors wrapped in high-density polymer insulation. These annealed conductors are arranged into four twisted pairs before being triple-shielded.

Nordost says that each of these design aspects “minimizes skin effect, eliminates crosstalk and EMI (electromagnetic interference), and ensures a high-performance network cable, offering more bandwidth than is needed for the typical data demands of today”.

Nordost Valhalla 2 Ethernet Cable Mechanical Tuning

For the Valhalla V2 Ethernet Cable, Nordost has implemented its mechanical tuning process. By cutting each conductor at calculated and equal lengths, Nordost say that they have reduced internal microphony, high-frequency resonance and timing errors.

Terminations

To complete this reference design, the Valhalla 2 Cable is terminated with a specialized, gold-plated 8P8C/RJ45 connector, designed to resist ESD (electrostatic discharge) and optimized for mechanical reliability. The resulting cable supports frequencies and transmission speeds that easily meet Category 8 requirements.