Chord Company OdysseyX uses the same materials as RumourX but features heavier gauge conductors.

Odyssey(X) was launched in 1998 and set a new standard of performance, rapidly becoming our most popular speaker cable at the time.

Hi-Fi News magazine liked Chord Odyssey(X) so much that it won the best speaker cable award for five years in a row.

The current version has a white PVC outer jacket with a diameter of 8mm, still discreet in speaker cable terms and still good enough for the biggest of systems.

Previous versions of Odyssey speaker cables used PTFE insulation (often referred to as Teflon™) and until the arrival of Taylon®, this was our “go to” material. Although expensive, PTFE offered the best performance.

Material technology is constantly developing and improving and alternatives to PTFE are now available. While the high cost of Taylon® prevents us from using this in all of our ranges, another insulator –  XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene) came to our attention. One particular version of this material proved to be clearly better than PTFE, so OdysseyX was born.

The conductors used in OdysseyX are also found in Chord Epic and EpicXL speaker cables.

If you’re considering OdysseyX you should also have a listen to the similarly priced Chord ShawlineX.

OdysseyX Speaker DoP Product Certificate