In a move to better present and display Chord’s interconnects, they have recently introduced a brand piece of packaging. Moving away from the old black and orange (chocolate) cardboard box, and replaced by a brand new wooden box and printed sleeve. Let’s hope this change will have the same positive impact and feedback, as the sample they have had when they were first seen. All interconnects... 

Nordost transformed everyone’s expectations 20 years ago on the audio cable performance with the original Flatline loudspeaker cable. Now here is something even more exciting. By putting together a proven and proprietary technology and superior material, with the hard won knowledge that enabled Nordost to create the game-changing Valhalla and Odin cables. Nordost has been able to produce the... 

Following months of feverish technical development at the Chord Company, they have now announced the introduction of the Chord VEE plug. After the improvement in sound quality that most of us have experienced with the acrylic plugs that are fitted to the Sarum, Signature and Indigo interconnects, they have used very similar technology and applied it to the more cost effective product lines. VEE stands... 

Every time we do a demonstration of some proper hi-fi kit (separate amplifier, CD player and speakers), we invariably get asked to compare a few cable brands or the customer ends up bringing their own cables. We’ve carefully picked a range of cables at each price bracket and in the £100-200 range, we’re always a little hesitant to try Blue Heaven. Not because it’s bad cable, but... 

The Chord Company supplies every cable from within the company, it goes through thorough testing before it is assembled 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... 

Meeting Abbas (Managing Director, Wireworld UK) is quite an experience. Aside from loving the brand and it’s abilities, Abbas is positively exstatic about the benefits of Wireworld over other cables, due partly to precision design and manufacturing and partly to their unique testing process. Rather than testing the sonic and visual capabilities of their cables /against /other branded cables,...