Chord FAQ - Q&A
Will using Carnival Silverscreen in the wrong direction, for one week, have a detrimental effect on the cable?
Can i use Carnival silver screen bare wire and the signature jumper or does the carnival silver screen should be terminated with banana plugs to use the jumper correctly?
If I buy a chameleon cable from ebay/2nd hand market, does the 10 years warrenty still valid? Thanks.?
If I connect a blue ray player through HDMI connection to a receiver, do I still need a digital interconnecting cable to get the surround effect ?
I want to hook up a DVDV/Blueray player to a receiver through the component cable connections. Do I still need an interconnect cable ? What is actually the benefit of using analog or digital interconnect cable ?
Which of your Interconnects can be bought with balanced XLR connrctors?
which coloured wires are the positive & negative wires in silverscreen?
I have just bought some carnival bi wire cable what do the four coloured strands of insulated wire mean is there a specific way to wire to speakers?
Is there an easy way to remove the outer jacket from Odyssey to revert the cable to the install version?
Date Asked: Wed, 26 May 2010 12:58:06 +0100
Date Answered: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:31:08 +0100
Its probably easier to just buy a length of Odyssey Install cable - the alternative involves extremely slow and careful use of a sharp knife, removing small sections of the outer jacket at a time, being careful not to cut the ptfe jacket around the conductors (and yourself)
I've just bought some Carnival speaker cable, direction wise do I put the 'The' written on the cable towards the amp or the speakers ?
What about the lengths of the interconnects I need to connect my components together?
Does speaker cable need to be used in equal lengths?
Is there a maximum length for speaker cable?
If I fit single wire speaker cable to a bi-wireable speaker, what inputs on the speaker should I use?
Should I use bi-wire or single wire speaker cable?
Will silver cables make my system too bright?
What is meant by burn-in time?
Why do cables need to be connected in a particular direction?
Can I mix and match Chord interconnects and speaker cables with cables from other companies?
How do I know which cable I need to get the best from my equipment?
How much should I spend on the cables for my system?
What else will change?
Will I be able to hear real differences?
Why should I consider changing the cables on my hi-fi or home cinema system?