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Nordost · Sort Systems
$650
Not currently in our rooms. For a serious buyer we will often bring a piece in from the manufacturer for a private session — tell us about your system and what you are weighing it against, and we will advise.
Nordost · Sort Systems
Nordost's cable support: an anodized aluminum base carrying a patent-pending floating spring system of FEP-coated titanium alloy, which lifts speaker cables, power cords and interconnects off the floor with minimal contact and without loading the cable's own resonance.
Price is for a pack of two. Space them 0.5 to 1 m apart along the cable; most speaker cable runs use two or three packs.
Authorized Nordost dealer · Delivery and installation by Pearl Audio · Trade-ins welcome
The story
Cables lying on a floor pick up static on their dielectric and are affected by the boundary beneath them. The Sort Lift addresses both. Its base is an anodized aluminum disk that inhibits the transfer of charge from the floor and discharges static build-up on the cable jacket. On it sits the Floating Spring System: support wings and tension wires of flexible titanium alloy, coated in FEP like a Nordost cable so the support behaves as an extension of the jacket rather than a clamp.
The result Nordost describes, and Kirk Midtskog of The Absolute Sound confirmed, is a lower background noise, more upper-frequency information, crisper transients and a more natural timbre, with the soundstage lifting and low-frequency detail improving. Alan Sircom of hi-fi+ found that removing the complete Sort set from a system made the soundstage fold in on itself.
Sort Lifts come in packs of two and are meant to be spaced between half a meter and a meter apart so that the cable never touches the floor; heavier, stiffer cables need closer spacing. They were designed for Nordost's flat cables but suit any speaker cable, power cord or interconnect.
| Type | Cable support, pack of two |
| Base | Anodized aluminum, 100 mm diameter |
| Springs | Titanium alloy, FEP coated |
| Total height | 84 mm |
| Cable height off floor | 24 mm |
| Spacing | 0.5 to 1 m between lifts |
| Made in | USA |
| Warranty | Limited lifetime (Sort System) |
Nordost Sort Lift product page and specifications Specifications from nordost.com and the Nordost USA price list (August 2026).
Nordost's Sort System resonance control, by price.
Under loudspeakers and racks, use Sort Füt; under electronics, Sort Kones.
Plan your Nordost system with Pearl Audio
Pearl Audio is an authorized Nordost dealer and Nordost is the power, grounding and network foundation we recommend for high-end systems. We can plan power distribution, grounding, resonance control and the network path for your system and arrange an audition in our Portland showroom. Call (503) 222-2599 or email sales@pearlaudio.com.
The Pearl Audio experience
A system at this level should be heard, thoughtfully matched, and properly set up. From the first audition to long-term ownership, you work with the same people, in person.
The Sort Lift is not in our rooms at present. When it is the right piece for a client we arrange a demonstration unit from the manufacturer and set it up for a private session.
We deliver and install throughout the Portland area, taking care of placement, connections, ventilation and system configuration ourselves.
We support everything we sell for as long as you own it, whether the answer comes by phone, in your home, or through factory service.
Trade-in assistance and qualifying 100% Trade-Up options give you flexibility when your listening priorities or your system change.
