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You can tell Chord is relatively pleased with its Tuned ARAY technology. Until now, however, it’s been aimed at the high-end hi-fi listener only. But that was before the C-line stereo RCA interconnect. Build Even with all this technology, high-grade copper conductors and high-density foil shielding, what difference can a metre of cable make to...
There’s an easy way to tell the 2016 version of Chord’s Clearway from the 2015 edition. The original Chord Clearway speaker cable looked like a silver space snake, with the foil beneath the transparent PVC jacket clearly visible. Design However, the latest version has ditched the transparent jacket for all-white PVC, so the inner foil...
THE CLEARWAY DIGITAL cable has been designed around The Chord Company’s flagship Sarum Super ARAY Digital interconnect, although the Clearway costs considerably less. It uses the company’s ARAY conductor design to reduce both interference and internal reflections to maintain a constant characteristic impedance. The solid oxygen-free copper conductor is insulated with a gas-foamed polyethylene insulation...
Chord’s original top cable – Sarum – was already one of the best-received interconnects from the brand when the company announced its Tuned ARAY upgrade. And it really is an upgrade – users of existing runs of Sarum can have them upgraded to include the ‘TA’ modification. Tuned ARAY is essentially the addition of a...
BEST INTERCONNECT CABLE The Chord Company C-Line FEATURING TUNED ARAY technology originally developed for The Chord Company’s flagship Sarum range, the C-Line’s conductors are produced from oxygen-free copper and constructed in a pseudo-balanced configuration with fully floating, high-performance shielding. Direct gold-plating tech and over-moulded strain relief is also adopted for the termination plugs. The result...
Best analogue interconnect Awards 2016 This Chord interconnect is a no-brainer if you want to give your hi-fi system a lift… Build We liked the latter for the detail and size of the soundstage when plugged into our reference system, and that positivity hasn’t waned over the last 12 months. Yet, as is its signature, Chord...
Product of the Year Awards 2016 Chord’s excellent speaker cable allows for more musicality and greater dynamics from your system… Performance And the effect upon our reference system makes for very interesting listening indeed. We find the Clearway helps the system better stitch the instruments together; it’s more rhythmic, more dynamic, more musical – Shostakovich...
The number one spot here goes to The Chord Company’s C-Line Which wins on overall imaging, including a balanced front-to-back dimension. This interconnect handles complex music with ease, delivering a performance that is lively and involving. It takes both classical and modern music in its stride, and with its white cable and blue phono plugs it looks rather snazzy too. Refined...