Chord FAQ - Q&A
best cable for subwoofer ?? (from pre out)?
I've just bought brand new 2pairs of ChordCobraPlus for connecting ProJect RPM5 turntable/Project TubeboxSE phono corrector/Yamaha amplifier. Problem:CobraPlus makes strong background noise.The system is grounded correctly. What's the problem?
hi i have just purchased 45 mts of your carnival screened, which end of the cable do i connect the screen and to which pulg, as i believe this is for rf screening,?
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?
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?
Date Asked: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:27:03 +0100
Date Answered: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:28:42 +0100
The amount of detail (or information) in a recording can be quite astonishing. Take a look at the "read more" section above (Will I be able to hear real differences?), then imagine a twelve string guitar fitted with new strings, recorded and then re-recorded playing the same piece of music another nine times. Actually there is no need to imagine it, The Waterboys did just this on "This is the Sea" from the album "This is the Sea".

It would be wrong to suggest that there is a magic cable that will allow you to hear every one of the one hundred and twenty ringing, jangling and resonating strings that contribute to such an enormous and epic sound, but a properly designed cable fitted to a good system will help to convey the epic nature of the track.

A cable also needs to be able to transmit the very low level ambient detail that lets sound exist in its own space; regardless of how good the system, a poor cable will simply lose or mask a lot of this detail.
Will I be able to hear real differences?
Why should I consider changing the cables on my hi-fi or home cinema system?