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Usually dispatched within: 2- 3 Working Days Warranty: 10 Year Warranty FREE DELIVERY: For Orders Over £99 Transforms any decent system, amazing levels of detail, brilliant coherence. Exceptional shielding. Exceptional materials. Exceptional performance.
This cable can dramatically improve the sound of your system. Almost any CD player, phono stage or pre/power amplifier combination will benefit enormously. The shielding system is the most complex we have used, resulting in a huge reduction of low-level noise. The sound is completely transparent and seriously dynamic, but it is the way all of these abilities are brought together that makes the Signature such a superb cable.
The Signature will not only amaze you with the sheer amount of information it can carry, it will present it to you in a beautifully coherent and involving manner
What is it?
The Chord Signature RCA represents a radical re-think on the way high frequency effective combination shields are utilised. The isolated return path used so successfully on the Chorus 2 and the Anthem 2 is taken a step further and the return path on the Signature is shielded with the same combination shield used on the signal path. Both shields are fully floating and an optional shield grounding connection is supplied with the cable. This configuration allows the Signature RCA to accurately transmit the subtlest levels of tonal information that are so critical to defining the timbre of individual instruments. At the same time the extremely low noise floor means that the smallest dynamic shifts can be clearly heard and because this helps to clarify the attack of every instrument, the relationships between individual instruments are coherent and easy to follow.
Terminations
The name speaks for itself. The construction of the cable makes it impossible to terminate with anything other than low mass silver-plated RCA/phono plugs.
Uses
The Signature is an award winning (Hi-fi News and Hi-fi +) cable and its performance sets new standards at the price. Any decent CD player, phono stage, DVD audio or SACD player will really benefit. Customer feedback suggests that the Signature can produce dramatic results with surprisingly modest equipment, so it is worth experimenting.
How does it sound?
If the noise floor on the Anthem 2 is low then the Signature‟s is lower still. Applying the combination shielding system to the return as well as the signal path makes the Signature capable of carrying extraordinary levels of dynamic information. The sound is transparent, extremely detailed and very dynamic but the really outstanding quality is the way that it will carry all this information in such a coherent manner. Once it has run in, the Signature will not only amaze at the new levels of detail it brings to the system it is fitted to but also the beautifully coherent manner that music is presented in. Excellent reviews in Hi-fi World and Hi-fi + and winner of Hi-fi + Product of the Year in 2003 and Hi-fi News 2004 and 2005.
Speaker Cable Matches
Chord Odyssey , Chord Epic & Chord Signature
"Long-time favourite Signature makes a comeback, showing the great purity and neutrality that's possible with a clever fully-floating three-layer shield over two separate solid-core signal wires. A fantastic performing cable, also available for digital use." Hi-fi News Nov 2005
Specification
- Chord Signature, 2 RCA to 2 RCA Audio Cable
- Custom Length
- Dual balanced silver-plated solid core conductors
- Triple layer fully floating shield system with optional shield connection
- Internal/external Teflon™ dielectric
- Ultra lightweight silver-plated RCA plugs
- Single material signal path
- Speaker cable matches: Chord Signature, Chord Odyssey
- 10 Year Warranty
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
Silver-Plated Oxygen Free Copper Conductors
The Chord Anthem 2 features silver-plated oxygen free copper conductors. Silver has a lower resistance than copper. Plating or coating copper conductors with silver reduces the overall resistance to signal flow and prevents the copper from oxidising. This allows the conductor to perform better for longer distances. Silver plating will improve audio performance, improving clarity and detail in audio applications and delivering higher resolution in video applications.
About The Chord Company
The Chord Company is dedicated to offering excellence in audio and audio visual cable design. Chord products have earned numerous accolades in the audio and recording industries over the past two decades. Based in Salisbury UK, The Chord Company continues to drive cable design and technology to its limits with the majority of its spectacular array of performance products designed and made in the UK. |