NORDOST HEIMDALL 2 USB 2.0 CABLE

The Nordost Heimdall 2 USB 2.0 Cable is a premium, high-performance USB cable designed to provide audiophiles with the highest level of signal integrity, precision, and sound quality when connecting digital sources such as computers, digital music players, or servers to digital-to-analog converters (DACs). As part of Nordost’s Norse 2 series, the Heimdall 2 USB Cable incorporates advanced design elements, proprietary technologies, and high-quality materials to ensure that digital signals are transmitted with minimal interference, jitter, and noise. This results in a noticeable improvement in clarity, detail, and dynamic range, making it an ideal choice for anyone who values exceptional audio performance in their digital setup.

Overview

The Heimdall 2 USB 2.0 Cable is meticulously engineered to address the specific challenges of digital signal transmission, such as timing errors, jitter, and data corruption, which can degrade the quality of digital audio playback. By using precision construction techniques, high-purity conductors, and Nordost’s innovative design technologies, the Heimdall 2 ensures that the digital data stream remains pure and accurate, allowing your DAC to perform at its best.

Key Features

• Silver-Plated, Solid-Core Conductors: The Heimdall 2 USB Cable is constructed with high-purity, oxygen-free copper (OFC) conductors that are silver-plated. This combination offers exceptional conductivity, ensuring fast and accurate signal transmission with minimal resistance, resulting in a more precise and detailed audio experience.
• Micro Mono-Filament Technology: One of the standout features of the Heimdall 2 USB Cable is the integration of Nordost’s proprietary Micro Mono-Filament technology. This technology involves wrapping each conductor with a fine FEP (Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene) thread, creating a virtual air dielectric around the conductor. This reduces insulation contact, lowering capacitance and improving signal speed and accuracy, leading to a clearer and more transparent sound.
• Dual-Layer Shielding: The Heimdall 2 USB Cable is equipped with dual-layer shielding to protect against electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI). This shielding ensures that the digital signal remains clean and free from external noise, preserving the integrity of your audio data and reducing the likelihood of jitter.
• Low-Loss FEP Insulation: Nordost uses extruded FEP insulation on the Heimdall 2 USB Cable, which provides superior electrical properties and minimizes signal loss. This helps maintain signal purity and ensures that the digital data is transmitted with accuracy and fidelity.
• Mechanically Tuned Lengths: The Heimdall 2 USB Cable is cut to mechanically tuned lengths, a unique process that minimizes internal microphonics and high-frequency impedance resonance. This ensures optimal signal transfer and preserves the integrity of your audio data.

Benefits of the Nordost Heimdall 2 USB 2.0 Cable

• Enhanced Sound Quality: The advanced design and materials used in the Heimdall 2 USB Cable result in improved clarity, detail, and resolution, allowing your digital music to be reproduced with greater accuracy and fidelity.
• Reduced Jitter and Timing Errors: By using high-quality conductors, shielding, and Micro Mono-Filament technology, the Heimdall 2 minimizes jitter and timing errors, ensuring that your DAC receives a clean and accurate data stream.
• Versatile Compatibility: The Heimdall 2 USB Cable is designed to work with a wide range of digital sources and DACs, making it a versatile and valuable addition to any digital audio setup.

Ideal Use Cases

• High-End Digital Audio Systems: The Heimdall 2 USB Cable is perfect for audiophiles who want to maximize the performance of their high-end digital audio systems, ensuring that the connection between their computer, music server, or digital player and DAC is as clean and accurate as possible.
• Professional Audio Applications: For recording studios, mastering engineers, and other professional audio environments, the Heimdall 2 USB Cable provides the level of accuracy and signal integrity required for critical digital audio applications.
• Home Audio and Streaming Setups: The Heimdall 2 USB Cable is also an excellent choice for home audio enthusiasts who stream high-resolution music from a computer or digital player to a DAC, ensuring that every detail of the audio signal is preserved.

How to Integrate the Heimdall 2 USB 2.0 Cable into Your System

1. Connect the cable to your digital source: Insert one end of the USB cable into the USB output of your digital source device (e.g., computer, music server, or digital music player).
2. Connect the other end to your DAC: Attach the other end of the USB cable to the USB input of your DAC, ensuring a secure connection.
3. Enjoy enhanced sound quality: Once connected, your audio system will benefit from the improved signal integrity and reduced jitter provided by the Heimdall 2 USB Cable.

Who Should Consider the Nordost Heimdall 2 USB 2.0 Cable?

The Heimdall 2 USB 2.0 Cable is ideal for:

• Audiophiles who want to achieve the highest level of performance from their digital audio system and experience superior clarity, detail, and accuracy in their music playback.
• Professional users who require a reliable and high-quality USB cable for use in recording studios or other digital audio environments where signal integrity is critical.
• Home audio enthusiasts looking to upgrade their USB cable and experience the benefits of Nordost’s advanced technology in their streaming or digital audio setup.

Comparison with Other Nordost USB Cables

• Heimdall 2 vs. Blue Heaven USB Cable: The Heimdall 2 USB Cable offers a significant upgrade over the Blue Heaven USB Cable, featuring more advanced technologies such as Micro Mono-Filament construction and silver-plated conductors, resulting in improved clarity, detail, and reduced jitter.
• Heimdall 2 vs. Frey 2 USB Cable: While the Frey 2 USB Cable offers even greater performance and refinement, the Heimdall 2 provides a high level of audio quality and value, making it an excellent choice for most high-fidelity audio systems.

Technical Specifications

• Conductors: Silver-plated, 99.99999% oxygen-free copper (OFC)
• Insulation: Extruded FEP with Micro Mono-Filament technology
• Shielding: Dual-layer shielding to protect against EMI and RFI
• Cable Geometry: Flat, low-capacitance design
• USB Version: USB 2.0 (compatible with USB 1.0, 1.1, and 3.0)

The Nordost Heimdall 2 USB 2.0 Cable is an exceptional choice for anyone looking to elevate their digital audio system with a cable that provides superior signal integrity, reduced jitter, and enhanced sound quality. By incorporating Nordost’s proprietary technologies, such as Micro Mono-Filament construction and silver-plated conductors, the Heimdall 2 ensures that your digital signal is transmitted with the highest level of accuracy and fidelity.

Whether you’re a professional looking for a reliable cable for your studio setup, an audiophile seeking to maximize your system’s performance, or a home audio enthusiast wanting to improve your digital playback, the Heimdall 2 USB Cable will deliver a noticeable improvement in clarity, detail, and overall audio experience. It’s an investment that will unlock the true potential of your digital music collection, providing a more engaging and lifelike listening experience.

Improving upon Nordost’s Blue Heaven USB 2.0, the Heimdall 2 USB 2.0 will dramatically lift your hifi system to a whole new level of performance, delivering those ones and zeroes with the efficiency and diligence necessary to maintain the correct impedance.

Thanks to the experience acquired in the fabrication of successful products such as the Blue Heaven HDMI and USB 2.0 cables, Nordost can further refine digital leads through its most current, proprietary technology. The Heimdall 2 USB 2.0 is constructed from 4 x 20 AWG stranded, silver-plated 99.99999% OFC conductors, arranged in a precise, twisted double helix in order to ensure character impedance, reduce noise and minimize cross-talk contamination. In order to increase dielectric, the conductors are suspended in Nordost’s proprietary FEP Dual Mono-Filament, which is newly optimized to increase flexibility and mechanical damping. Add a dual layer silver foil jacket and silver braided shield and the Heimdall 2’s extreme data transmission speeds surpass the USB 2.0 standards.

To further up the ante, the Heimdall 2 USB 2.0 implements mechanically tuned lengths. This technique, used in Nordost’s Odin, Norse 2 and Valhalla 2 ranges, reduces internal microphonics and high-frequency impedance resonance, which ultimately allows you to enjoy the dynamics, coherence and balance of live music played in the comfort of your own listening room.