hord Epic speaker cable is the result of a successful
marriage of two of Chord's award winning speaker cables.
The silver-plated oxygen free copper conductors,
Teflon insulation and silicone surround are borrowed from Chord Odyssey
speaker cable and the shielding system is taken from the Chord Signature
speaker cable.
The development and success of Signature speaker cable
proved conclusively that shielding speaker cable could bring some serious
improvements to sound quality.
The lessons learnt during its development means that
we can now apply the same principles to other cables within the Chord range.
Chord Epic is a highly effective shielded cable with many of the performance
characteristics of the more expensive Chord Signature.
Fitting shielding systems to speaker cables can bring
the same sort of benefits to the sound of a system that improving the shields
on interconnects does.
The lower levels of interference and the resulting
lower noise floor bring obvious improvements to the high frequency performance
but it is the jump in performance across the bass and mid frequencies that
really surprises listeners.
The space and the extra harmonic content that Epic can
bring to a system allows bass instruments to breathe properly.
The complex harmonic information that makes up the
timbre of cellos, violins and violas is carried extremely accurately, likewise
piano.
The lower noise floor also makes micro-dynamic
information far easier to hear and it is far simpler to follow, understand and
ultimately become more involved in even the most complex pieces of music.
