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WHAT HI-FI? AWARDS 2023
- 607 S3
- HTM6 S3
- Uniti Atom HDMI
- ND5 XS 2
- NAIT XS 3
- PM6007
- CD6007
- D-M41 DAB+
- ERA 300
- BEAM (Gen2)
- OBERON 5
- OBERON 1
- OBERON VOKAL
- SUB E-9 F
- KATCH G2
- QA 5040
- DIAMOND 12.4
- DIAMOND 12.3
- DIAMOND 12.2
- DIAMOND 12.1
- DIAMOND 12.0
- DIAMOND 12 3D
- DIAMOND 12.C
- RumourX Speaker Cable (50m)
- C-line 2RCA (0.5m)
- C-line 2RCA (1m)
- C-line 2RCA (2m)
- C-line 2RCA (3m)
- Clearway 2RCA to 2RCA 0.5m
- Clearway 2RCA to 2RCA 1m
- Clearway 2RCA to 2RCA 1.5m
- Clearway 2RCA to 2RCA 2m
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- Clearway 2RCA to 2RCA 7m
- Clearway 2RCA to 2RCA 8m
- Clearway 2RCA to 2RCA 9m
- RumourX Speaker Cable (50m)
Speaker Cable
What Hi-Fi? Awards 2022 Accessories Product Of The Year. The prime all-rounder speaker cable choice for any high-spec sound/vision system. High performance technology with discreet proportions. Tried, tested and recommended by audio manufacturers, custom installers and end-users.
Chord Rumour was our second attempt at producing a speaker cable. The first being a copper and polyethylene flat design in single and bi-wire configuration called Myth/Legend. We were also investigating speaker cables that used silver-plated conductors in combination with PTFE insulation. We had been experimenting with twisted pair conductor configurations, as at the time, heavy gauge parallel conductors were the standard for speaker cables. By twisting the conductors together, we could hear the noise floor of the system improve. We reached an ideal twist ratio and designed the cable around this.
When we launched Chord Rumour in 1996, it was one of the smallest speaker cables available (16 AWG). Retailers would take it into their demo rooms looking dubious and come out looking surprised and delighted. It sounded a lot bigger than it looked, it carried detail and dynamics really well and it was more coherent than just about any other cable around. As people got over the size and listened, rather than looked, it became a very popular cable. Apart from cosmetic changes it remained unchanged for many years.
The size, the colour and the performance mean it’s still a popular cable. Our Chord ShawlineX shielded speaker cable shares the same conductors.
Previous versions of Rumour speaker cables used PTFE insulation (often referred to as Teflon™) and until the arrival of Taylon®, this was our “go to” material. Although expensive, PTFE offered the best performance.
Material technology is constantly developing and improving and alternatives to PTFE are now available. While the high cost of Taylon® prevents us from using this in all of our ranges, we were able to find a suitable family of insulation materials known as XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene). One version of this material looked particularly interesting and following listening tests, proved to be clearly better than the PTFE in Rumour speaker cable – now known as RumourX.
- Conductor: Silver-plated OFC
- Insulation: XLPE
- Configuration: Twisted pair
- Shielding: None; PVC outer jacket
- AWG: 16
- mm²: 1.31
- Diameter: 6 mm
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