Chord Anthem 2 technical information
The original Chord Anthem was the first of our interconnects to make use of a high frequency effective shielding system. The performance advantage that the shielding system produced inspired the company to experiment further and produce the Chord Signature and Indigo interconnects. These in turn have influenced the design of the Anthem 2. The shielding system is now more effective. Combined with the silver plated, oxygen free copper multi stranded conductor and Teflon™ insulation, the Anthem 2 is capable of accurately carrying very fine levels of detail and dynamic information across a wide band width.
The original low mass RCA plug fitted to the Anthem is carried forward onto the Anthem 2 and although deceptively simple in appearance, offers a lot of performance advantages over more conventional RCA plugs. Capable of producing an extremely dynamic sound over a wide band width, Anthem 2, when used in a system with speakers capable of serious bass extension, will really help to produce superbly defined bass notes that can be felt as well as heard.
Use it with:
Like the Chorus 2, Anthem 2 uses a tri-layer combination shielding system. A version of the shielding system is also used on Chord Epic speaker cable. This shielding system combined with the silver-plated, Teflon™ insulated conductors, borrowed from the Chord Odyssey, mean that Epic is more than capable of accurately carrying the extended bandwidth signal that the Anthem 2 is capable of delivering.
The other popular option is simply to use Chord Odyssey. Both the Anthem 2 and Odyssey use silver-plated signal conductors and using the same materials for both interconnect and speaker cable can be a very effective way of producing a coherent and musical sound with excellent detail.
This is also really the point where you should be paying serious attention to mains cables. At this level the improvements to dynamics, definition and detail that a cable like the Chord Power Chord can make will be extremely easy to hear.
Terminations:
The Anthem 2 is available fitted with low mass, non compression, silver-plated RCA plugs, Din plugs and Neutrik XLR balanced plugs with silver-plated contact areas. Din connector info
Length:
The Anthem 2 is available in 0.5 and 1 metre lengths. Custom lengths are available to order. We do not recommend the use of Din cables in lengths shorter than 1 metre for reasons of sound quality.
