Nordost Corporation

Nordost Corporation
Industry Consumer Electronics
Founded 1991
Founder Joe Reynolds
Headquarters Massachusetts, United States
Products High-end audio cables, interconnects, and accessories

Nordost Corporation is an American high-end audio company founded in 1991 by Joe Reynolds and based in Holliston, Massachusetts. Nordost manufactures and sells audio and video cables, interconnects and accessories to the audiophile market and is distributed in 68 countries.[1]

Overview

Nordost is known in the audiophile community as offering some of the best high performance cable designs in existence. Nordost was founded in 1991 to manufacture audio cables for the high-end market using technology originally developed for the aerospace industry and NASA.[2] Their original Flatline cable was the first loudspeaker cable to use FEP (Fluorinated Ethene Propylene).[3] All Nordost cables use a flexible FEP insulation originally developed by DuPont.[4] In addition to using FEP, Nordost has introduced patented proprietary technologies related to conductor design, such as Dual/Micro-Mono Filament design, TSC (Total Signal Control), and the HOLO:PLUG connectors.[5] All Nordost products are manufactured at their facilities in the USA.[6]

Nordost produces four series of cable products ranging in price and performance (Leif, Norse 2, Valhalla 2, Odin Supreme Reference). In addition to cables and interconnects, the company also manufactures the QRT line of power purifiers and a line of Sort System vibration controlling devices.[7] In 2014, Nordost introduced the first American-made HDMI cable. The Blue Heaven HDMI cable uses Nordost's proprietary Micro Mono-Filament construction and is DPL certified.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "An Interview With Joe Reynolds Of Nordost Corporation Interview By Phil Gold". www.enjoythemusic.com. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  2. ↑ "Auditioning Nordost cables: Do speaker cables have a 'sound'?". CNET. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  3. ↑ "Issue #89 - June 2012 | Hi-Fi+". Hi-Fi+. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  4. ↑ "Nordost Heimdall 2 Headphone Cable - The Audio Beat - www.TheAudioBeat.com". www.theaudiobeat.com. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  5. ↑ "Nordost | HI-FI Audio Cables". www.nordost.com. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  6. ↑ "Nordost Odin 2 cables". Hi-Fi+. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  7. ↑ Sa, George de (2014-12-04). "Upgrading an Audio System With Nordost Norse 2 Heimdall 2 Cables". CANADA HiFi Magazine. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  8. ↑ "Nordost Blue Heaven HDMI - The Hard Way: Nordost's Blue Heaven HDMI Cable - The Audio Beat - www.TheAudioBeat.com". theaudiobeat.com. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
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