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| Chord Carnival Silver Bi-Wire Speaker Cable |
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|  Average Rating: 4 out of 5 No. of Reviews: 8 RRP: £8.50 Year: 2004 Description: - Carnival Silver Plus has been designed for the hi-fi and home cinema enthusiast that wants excellent performance at an affordable price
- With the Carnival Silver, Chord have taken the Rumour cable and used upgraded silver plated conductors
- In addition they have reduced manufacturing costs by using a polyethylene insulation in place of the Teflon used on the Rumour
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|  | | Posted: 29/05/06
Updated: 02/06/06 | | 'BRIGHT & BUBBLY 'THOUGH LACKING IN SOPHISTICATION & DEPTH' | | Strengths:
Communicative: provides a 'busy' sound, spitting out hitherto missed details with a mid-range that will get you tapping your foot as you replay your music collection.
Not quite as inflexible to handle as it looks.
Price-wise, at less then a tenner, this biwire cable represents good value and has received some critical acclaim. | | Weaknesses:
The cable produces a slightly bright sound overall, with a treble that reaches high but isn't as smooth and refined as some others.
With the Chord in place, there is a lot happening in the mid-range but occasionally notes can be a little artificial-sounding.
Bass notes are handled fairly adeptly and with some good pace, but this cable does not plumb the depths: dub addicts look elsewhere. | | Overall:
With a bright, fun, detailed and cohesive sound, but one lacking slightly in smoothness, this cable is probably better for popular rather than say, classical music. The bass is handled pretty well but will not reach and maximise the lowest frequencies of a large and effect speaker woofer. The relatively "fast" sound may invigorate a laid-back system (as it did with my Quad set-up), and encourage you to re-listen to albums to discover the layer of detail revealed by the always engaging Chord Carnival Silver. [Update 02/06/06] Have been listening to my newly cabled (Quad) set-up for a few days now, I find that the sound is changing (for the better) as the Chord cable 'beds in'. Having just read from Chord's own website that the cable takes a month to settle in and lose its 'brightness' and 'mechanical' sound, I've clearly passed judgement somewhat prematurely! Will report back in a few weeks with a final verdict! |
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| | | | Performance | | 80% | | Build | | 60% | | Value | | 80% |
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