Chord Signature XL

摘要

There's a lot to be said for the philosophical approach to hi-fi manufacturing: 'if it isn't broken, don't fix it'. Chord Cables is certainly of this persuasion - its ranges are broadly distinguished by geometry, while performance is very gradually 'tickled up' by the transition to steadily superior conductors and dielectrics. For example, the original Signature speaker cable held court for a decade before the Reference version was released [HFN Aug '14]. The Reference benefited from an upgrade to silver-plated OF-copper conductors with a PTFE dielectric. Five years on and the latest 'XL' version of this Signature cable sees the PTFE exchanged for a soft, cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE or, more commonly, PEX) dielectric.