Chord Chorus 2 Audio Interconnect Cable - 1 Meter (Pair)
The Chord Chorus 2 benefits from the combined shielding system first developed for the Chord Signature and the Chord Indigo interconnect cables. The shielding system is used to protect the Teflon insulated, solid core silver-plated signal conductor. The signal return path is carried externally ensuring that the central signal conductor is completely isolated. The combination of the silver-plated conductor and Teflon insulation enables the Chorus 2 to accurately carry a wide bandwidth signal.
The very low noise floor produced by the tri-layer combined shielding system, ensures that the micro dynamic and the complex harmonic and tonal information that make up the timbre of instruments is neither lost nor masked by noise or interference. The outstanding shielding capabilities of the tri-layer shield will be obvious regardless of the system the Chorus is connected to. Individual notes snap into focus, snare drum beats are properly dynamic and resonant, and stringed instruments gain real tone and timbre. The Chorus 2's ability to carry dynamic information means that music is presented extremely coherently and even complex rhythms are simple to follow. stereo image will be both wide and extremely stable.
Matching Audio Interconnects & Speaker Cable
In the twenty years that The Chord Company has been producing interconnects and speaker cables, it has built up close and friendly relationships with many manufacturers and distributors of hi-fi components and speakers. This means that during the development process of any new Chord product we have the chance to assess its performance with a wide variety of various manufacturers' components and speakers. This helps to ensure a remarkably consistent performance regardless of the system the cables are connected to.
The principle design objectives that guide the development of all Chord products are very straightforward. They should transfer as much of the signal as possible with minimal loss or interference. All our cables share the same fundamental design principles. The result of this is that any combination of Chord interconnects and speaker cables will perform extremely well together. However, throughout the range there are certain combinations of interconnects and speaker cables where the sum of the performance is greater than the parts, and when the two cables are combined in a system, they will produce outstanding results.
Recommendations from Chord
Chorus 2: One of the most popular combinations of interconnects and speaker cables in the Chord line-up has been the Chord Chorus 2 in combination with Odyssey speaker cable. This was a hugely compatible combination used and enjoyed in a huge variety of systems. The improvements in performance brought about by the changes made during the design of the Chorus 2 build on this already hugely successful combination. The Chorus 2's improved shielding system and upgraded conductor improve both bandwidth and low level dynamic information transmission. The Odyssey, with its low loss conductors and Teflon insulation, is both a good material and performance match.
Upgrade paths: The Chorus 2 is the first interconnect in the Chord range to use the unique tri-layer shielding system originally developed for the Chord Signature RCA. The improvements to levels of detail and dynamic coherence the shielding system brings about are extremely impressive and matching the Chorus 2 with Chord Epic shielded speaker cable works extremely well. This combination builds on the performance characteristics that Chorus 2 and Odyssey bring to a system but significantly improves levels of detail, reduces the noise floor and increases micro-dynamic information, all of which adds up to a pretty big improvement in the musical coherence of the system that Chorus 2 and Epic are fitted to.
Performance Specifications
- Silver-plated signal conductor
- Triple layer combined shield system
- Internal and external Teflon insulation
- Low mass silver-plated RCA (phono) plugs
- Isolated external return path
- Single material signal path
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The Chord Company has been designing, manufacturing and selling interconnects and speaker cable for almost 25 years. The company and all those who work there have a commitment to:
Producing high quality products
Every cable that The Chord Company supplies is designed within the company and apart from a couple of exceptions, every product is assembled and tested at the company's facility, set deep in the heart of Wiltshire. The Company was started in 1986 to produce and sell the Chord Chrysalis interconnect range. Never was a product so aptly named. The Chrysalis cable had a remarkably well-balanced set of performance characteristics and from this, The Chord Company's outstanding range of interconnect cables has emerged and grown. The product line-up has evolved naturally but always with reference to existing Chord cables. This makes the Chord interconnect and speaker cable range remarkably consistent. The essential balance of performance characteristics is maintained throughout the range.
Ensuring that those products are built to an extremely high standard
Right from the start, The Chord Company understood the need to ensure that the manufacture and termination process of its products needed to be extremely consistent. This near-obsession with manufacture is a critical factor in maintaining the remarkably coherent performance and quality that Chord products are known for.
Every Chord Co employee, regardless of their role, spends time in the production department in order to understand just how much work and effort goes into the manufacture of Chord products. We are justifiably proud of the remarkable consistency the company's production methods bring to their products, likewise the thorough quality assurance and testing procedure that every product must go through before leaving the factory. Failures during testing are extremely rare, testament to the rigorous training that every production operative must go through before becoming part of the production team.
Maintaining the reputation the company has for building good value for money high performance products
The Chord Co believe that anyone who listens to their cables should be able to clearly and easily hear the benefits that their cables can bring to the enjoyment of music and film, and that these benefits should justify the cost of the product. The concept that speaker cables and interconnects can change and improve the performance of a hi-fi or home cinema system can be difficult to understand. Our answer to this is to ignore the words, ignore the hype and simply listen to the product. Almost all our retailers carry demonstration stock and invite customers to try the cables for themselves, secure in the knowledge that the simplest way to sell a Chord cable is by allowing the customer to listen to it in their own system.
Maintaining an extremely high level of customer service
High quality products should be backed up by high quality customer service. It's as simple as that. Whether by e-mail, telephone or via one of our many retailers or distributors, we aim to offer the best possible advice with regard to the matching of our products to the many levels of hi-fi and home cinema systems available. In-house production means that we can respond quickly and efficiently to customer demand, be it unusual terminations or non-standard cable lengths.
Our rigorous quality assurance and testing process allows us to offer a 10-year warranty on all our products. Our extensive knowledge of specialist terminations means that mistakes are rare but when they do occur, they will be dealt with quickly and efficiently.
Responding rapidly to technological advances
Chord's close association with many leading manufacturers of hi-fi and home cinema equipment allows us to respond quickly to the performance demands that new innovations may make on the cables required to connect them together.
