Ideal
Chord interconnects Indigo
& Signature
& Anthem2
"An
Epic Chord"
The
Chord Company is delighted to announce two new additions to their
Speaker Cable range; Epic Twin (dual-conductor) and Epic Super
Twin (twin dual-conductor).
Chord
have resisted referring to the Super Twin as a bi-wire cable because
while it certainly produces outstanding results when connected
in bi-wire configuration, the conductors can also be paralleled
together to produce an outstanding speaker cable for speakers
with only one set of inputs. The two cables are available now
at prices of £39 and £78 per metre respectively.
Epic
is the result of combining elements of two of Chord’s most
popular cables, Odyssey and Signature. By taking the shielding
system used on the Signature and adapting it to suit Odyssey,
the Chord Company has been able to produce a speaker cable that
combines the strengths of both cables.
Epic
like Odyssey, features two conductors each made up of 19 strands
of silver-plated oxygen free copper conductors. Chord has always
used multi strand conductors in their speaker cables but favour
fewer, heavier gauge conductors over fine stranded rope weave
designs. The overall diameter of each conductor is 2.5 mm. The
two conductors which are twisted together are insulated by Teflon®
and then surrounded by a silicone jacket.
Epic
has the addition of a dual shielding system applied to the outer
silicone of Odyssey that is then surrounded with a special PVC
jacket to further improve mechanical damping. The PVC jacket itself
is extremely pliable and finished in a translucent grey with an
overall diameter of 10.5 mm for Epic Twin and 15 mm for Epic Super
Twin.
Epic
Super Twin uses four sets of the same conductors in twin twisted
pair configuration. This makes for very consistent performance
characteristics between the single and dual versions.
The
Chord listening team have experimented with Epic in a variety
of systems and would emphasise that the construction of the cable
(in particular the shielding system) allows this cable to produce
a significant improvement in performance when fitted to any well
balanced system, almost regardless of system cost.
Teflon is the registered trade mark of DuPont Teflon USA
