Yes
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Once I tried Nordost and Kimber in a Naim setup.
It was horrible and unlistenable.
Since then, I ignore these brands for any setup.
Set-up dependent or not ?
Once a bad experience never really forgotten.
Final thoughts on above brands - Yes.
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It works very well in my set up , sound very sweet , very balance , neutral , very prat , dynamic , punchy when you need them to be , lighting fast . yes nordost are very system dependent.. pair them right it blow you away.
Systems are very important when using Nordost cable.
I had tried Nordost cables ( Valhalla /odin ) in some retailers when doing demo, w gears like vitus , dagostino , naim NCs, aavik /borresen , esoteric , gryphon to name a few cos I am making decision to go into Valhalla 2 range , and all sounded so good and the dealers are very impressed.. Remarks are not from me, but from the dealers themselves , having the cables demoing in their systems , and quite hard for them to recommend me their cables ..
So choosing system is very important when demoing / using Nordost , again these are what the dealers told me ..
In summary , the Valhalla 2/odin are very competitive in the ultra high end cables category.
From all these testing and demoing, including in my own system built up, this is the right cables in my system that produce the sound I like .
The only other cable I felt the competition is Ansuz
I believe any cables out there , cheaper or more expensive , have their own crowds, and have their own merits , and a matter of what sound signature one would prefer and adore.
Most importantly, get the one that fits your listening pleasure and enjoy them
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Pretty much sums up my conclusion, these cables are not for me.
Apart from being way too expensive, they don’t provide me a musically experience, its hifi only.
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Yup.. follow your ears..
Hi Skeptikal, re your posting about the ASA Adjudication, are you willing to share more information or even just some web search terms one could use to locate the particular ASA Adjudication to which you are referring.
@Edmund-of-Essex
Google ASA Chord Cables.
AI Answer first then lots of articles. 
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Many thanks, and also ASA Adjuications regarding other companies - not just Chord Co!
I do note sometimes though the ‘promoters/companies’ have ASA findings in their favour
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In the English translation his name is Dogmatix.
An excellent cross language pun.
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Yes. Final thought, which might surprise you actually. Naim Hi-line RCA-RCA is the most fantastic wonderful RCA cable you can find, if you need one of those. DIN-DIN version is good but not all that IMO.
Strange thing about Hi-line DIN is that it looks like naim soldered some short linkwire going from the hiline plug pins to the actual interconnect conductors. So very strange! Any one have a good comment on that?
The RCA version has the interconnect conductors soldered directly to the WBT connector (with a resistor added on negative at one end).
Not so final, sorry..
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We say dogmatic too, in French.
But apparently “ idée fixe “ is also employed in English.
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Not that one, the decision made between the lines meant the customer decides they can’t say it does this or that.
So if they want to delude themselves of cash then Caveat Emptor.
Some think they look nice.
Most of these companies do not make the basic cable but decorate them nicely.
I do agree cables have signature but at what price.
I’m lucky to know a few bands and numerous musicians and none of them would even contemplate such expense.
Wet string will do. 
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I would refer m’learned colleagues to previous posts detailing what our esteemed manufacturer chooses to use at shows, dealer days and the like - their own interconnects, power cables (both out of the box and/or upgrade options) and C-Stream for networking.
Perhaps they’ve moved on…….
?
ATB, J
To be fair, in respone to an objection by a keyboard warrior, it would appear that the ASA wanted proof of what was a subjective statement that had been made in a Chord ad and, after a number of magazine reviews were presented by Chord, the ASA said that, while they were all positive, it wasn’t proof of the statement in the ad.
You can claim something is black or blue, that it’s 5cm long, weighs 20g or whatever but you can’t prove someone’s opinion so upheld the complaint by the keyboard warrior. How would any of us prove how good our hi-fi sound? I certainly woudn’t be seeking the opinion of the ASA 
Complaint upheld after investigation.
It’s in the document.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the UK’s independent advertising regulator. The ASA makes sure ads across UK media stick to the advertising rules (the Advertising Codes).
Rules are rules and work both ways.
If they could prove the findings were wrong then it wouldn’t have been upheld.
Prove the product does what you claim “ We Can’t “.
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And exactly what I pointed out, how would you prove that your hi-fi sounds good? I seem to recall that Naim got done by the ASA too?
There is no shortage and not just that one.
It was an example about the product conversation in question.
Plenty more where that came from.
Some just ask for it.
You could try by using the least/no (measured) distortion argument?
And before anybody chips in, I am using the word ‘distortion’ above to the several dimensions applicable to human hearing experience.
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It makes me thinking that music experience can be a kind of space and time distortion, if the brain is off.