2010-06-21 14:56:20

Chord HDMI Active and SuperShield cables are certified high speed cables and will work with the latest generation of 3D televisions.

Chord HDMI SuperShield will carry a high speed signal in all available lengths (1, 3 and 5m).

Chord HDMI Active will carry a high speed signal in lengths of up to 10m and is available in 0.75, 1.5, 3, 5, 8, 10 and 15m lengths

Both cables will also carry an audio return signal. Although not wired with dedicated signal cables the pins are connected on both the SuperShield and the Active HDMI cables

Terminated with spades at one end and bananas on the other and supplied as a set of four for a pair of speakers

These are 20cm long jumper cables made using highest quality Chord Signature speaker cable terminated with one set of Chord spades and one set of Chord banana plugs. And you better believe the increase in performance!

They are intended for use with speakers with 4 bi-wire speaker sockets.

An inexpensive performance upgrade over standard the standard metal links.

Expensive Audio and video equiptment can be just plain ordinary if you don’t pay any attention to the quality of the mains supply.The Tacima CS929 contains a powerful Mains Conditioning Filter which will reduce or eliminate mains interference coming through the mains electric supply and help to enhance your sound and picture quality.

Features:
2m Screened Mains Lead to prevent RFI
Surge protection
No neon indicator, these can inject noise into your hi-fi and affect the sound quality
Earth Line Choke to stop interference through the mains earth line
Operating Voltage: 220-240V ac
Max Current Rating 13A

‘What Hi-Fi’ Aug 06 – 5 Star Award

” The six-way mains conditioner delivers truly dynamic audio gains. Comparing it’s performance to the ‘unconditioned’ sound, our reference CD/Amp system enjoys greater separation and focus of sound, and greater clarity and confidence in the mid range. Bass is burlier and better integrated, too. In a nutshell? It really does work.”

Convert between AWG, inches and mm diameter, and square mm area measures of wire size At the bottom of this article is a table showing the relationship between the four main different measures of wire size: 1) AWG (American Wire gauge) 2) Diameter in Inches 3) Diameter in mm 4) Cross Sectional Area in square mm convert AWG to mm diameter when the AWG of a length of wire is known:

By turning the equation around, it is possible to calculate the AWG of a length of wire for which the mm diameter is known:

nb. to convert mm to inches simply multiply by 0.03936 . To convert inches to mm divide by 0.03936.

Wire Size Conversion Table

What HiFi 5 Stars Oct 2009 – Chord Active HDMI: “This is an excellent cable in every regard”

The new design features a high frequency filter (on all lengths) which (technically speaking) reduces intra/inter channel skew between the fours pairs of TDMS signals HDMI cables carry – this results in improved picture quality and, perhaps more importantly, improved SOUND quality. Compared to the Silver Plus 1.3, the HDMI Active Silver Plus 1.3b produces a noticeably more detailed, dynamic and musically coherent sound.

Details:
-High frequencies filtered to improve performance
-HDMI 1.3c 1080p / CAT.2 certified
-High Quality type A connectors with high purity gold plated signal contacts
-340 MHz bandwidth (10.2Gbps): Supports requirements for future high definition display devices
-Higher resolutions, and higher frame rates
-Deep Colour: Supports up to 48-bit colour depths

The SuperShield is HDMI 1.3b certified.

It uses 26awg oxygen free copper conductors for high conductivity, and low-density gas filled polyethylene insulation for its excellent dielectric properties.

Each of the pairs of conductors are protected by a dual-foil shield, and the overall cable is additionally shielded by a foil and a high density braid, effective to high frequencies in traditional Chord Co fashion.

Gold-plated connectors, soldered with our chosen lead-free solder, help to achieve the best performance and complete the package of an extremely cost effective HDMI cable for the new world economy

What HiFi 5 Stars Oct 2009- Chord Supershield HDMI: “It’s punchy, brightly lit and crisp-edged images draw you into the picture in style”

What Hifi Sound & Vision May 2009

-Dual Foil high frequency effective shielding

-Vibration damping internal and external casing
-High purity multi-strand copper conductors
-Unique internal wiring geometry
-1.5m lengths available
-Designed and built in the UK – with CE conformance

Chord released its first dedicated mains cable the Power Chord just over two years ago. The company has been fascinated by the effect that high frequency effective shielding systems were having on the performance of both its interconnects and speaker cables. Research into this had resulted in the launch of the Signature interconnect and Signature speaker cable, both products employing extremely effective shielding systems. The obvious improvements these cables bought to systems they were used in prompted the development of mains cable built along similar principles, the Power Chord.

Once the benefits of high frequency effective shields had been established the Chord Company started to investigate how the same design principles could be applied to other cables. The shields used in the Signature and Indigo cables are extremely time consuming and difficult to work with. Chord started to experiment with alternative shields and found that a dual foil shield with a counter-rotating overlap was extremely effective.

The first cable to benefit from this was the Carnival SilverScreen; a speaker cable that has gained praise from all quarters for its outstanding performance and value for money.

Hot on its heels comes the Chord SuperScreen mains cable. The SuperScreen mains cable employs the same overlapped dual foil shields used to such good effect on the Carnival SilverScreen, and borrowing heavily from the configurations used throughout Chord’s range of products the high frequency effective heavy gauge foil shields are left fully floating.

Chord have long been aware of the need to control and dampen vibration within interconnects and speaker cables. Mains cables are no exception and the high quality multi-stranded copper conductors are surrounded by a dense but flexible PVC insulation. The dual shields are surrounded by another layer of vibration damping translucent PVC insulation, as used on the company’s Epic and Carnival SilverScreen speaker cables.

During the work carried out in the development of the original Chord Power Chord, the company found that the internal wiring layout configuration was absolutely critical in order to maximize performance.

The company’s decision to fit moulded IEC and mains plugs to the SuperScreen led to fresh experimentation. The internal connector configuration of the moulded mains plug in particular differs dramatically from conventional main plugs, and this gave the company the chance to configure the wiring layout in ways that are not possible when using conventional plugs. The final wiring layout produced outstanding performance and the moulded plugs have been fitted using Chord’s layout configurations and measurements.

There is another advantage to using moulded plugs. The fact is, there is nothing to work loose so the cable will not suffer any loss of performance due to connections becoming loose over a period of time.

Mains cables are a critical part of any hi-fi or home cinema system. Chord has experimented extensively with the SuperScreen mains cable and feels that it is one of the most cost effective upgrades the company has yet offered.

Interference is dramatically reduced, resulting in improved dynamic performance, greater levels of clarity and a much improved soundstage. The SuperScreen mains cable however can also bring dramatic improvements to the contrast, clarity and detail levels of today’s high resolution, flat screen televisions and Chord recommend that anyone using a flat screen as part of a home cinema set up should try the SuperScreen mains cable.