Chord Chameleon or Clearer Audio Copper Line

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Hi All,

It's been sometime since I posted. I've been real busy buying equipment since my AVI ADM review and so far everything is panning out real well. I'm going to have a great review coming up that's going to include a large amount of equipment I've tested. Right now I'm totally stuck. I can't believe the amount of headache involved in choosing the right cables! So far I've bought the Chord Crimson's (quick purchase with my Dynaudio 110 Actives) and can't believe how hard it's been to better them. I would stick with them, however the quick purchase was only for a 1.0M length and I'll be needing >2.0M in the room I'll be installing the speakers. Now what have I tried so far,

Chord Crimson (1.0M)

RS Cables (Pure silver interconnects) from the US of A. (2.5M)

Clearer Audio Copper Line (2.25M)

I want to try:

Chord Chameleon (>2.0M)

Now the RS Cables got sent right back as they couldn't outperform the Chord's in my setup. The Chord Crimson have a really unique air in the soundstage about them that I just missed too much with the RS Cables. At the moment I have the Copper Line connected and they too lose the air, however they do other things really well such as better mids and bass. In music with a large number of instruments I find the Copper Line to become a little cluttered and although the soundstage is well placed, for some reason certain instruments don't place well and are more pronounced (comes across as louder) than other instruments in the soundstage. It's still early days as I'm burning them in for another week.

The question I have is with the Chord Chameleon Silver Plus. As I seem to like the Crimson's will I be satisfied with the Chameleon's? Has anyone compared the Clearer Audio cables mentioned with the Chameleon's?

The What Hi-Fi review also doesn't really help me here. Both products are rated at 5* and both are in the same price range. The Chord's were reviewed earlier, does that mean the Clearer Audio 5* rating pushes out the Chord's from a What Hi-Fi perspective? (Hope Clare can answer this one)

Does the fact that my Chord Crimson's are only 1.0M mean that any cable I buy above 2M is just not going to sound that good?

As always, thanks in advance for any help from all the members here.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi 1978,

Thanks for the response, it's definitely helpful. Your view is interesting as the Atlas Hyper is in a similar price bracket. Your view seems to follow the What HiFi perspective on the Atlas Hyper cables and I believe Atlas themselves say something along similar lines for that cable.

Did you find that the CSP's had more air around the instruments? Also what speakers were you using them with?

 

[Anonymous]

I'd also be interested in knowing if anyone has had a chance to compare the Atlas Titan's to the Chameleon's?

 

[unfocused]

I'll be following this thread with interest as I'm about to buy some interconnects and was planning to go for the Chord Chameleon.

I was wondering what the Cobra 3 sounded like but there doesn't seem to be many reviews (I can't find a What Hi-Fi review for them at least) as they seem to be placed between the Crimson and Chameleon price wise.

 

[Anonymous]

Cobra is a warm, smooth sounding cable. Sounds nice to my ears but not enough detail or open enough really. You might want to have a listen to atlas equator too......

 

[Anonymous]

How have you found the Atlas Equator's top end. The Equator Superior also falls into a similar price bracket.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi unfocused, if your happy with only a one meter cable I've seen the Atlas Titan's at a huge discount at divine sound. At the price they're selling the cable it's fair to get a comparison with the Chord CSPs, I think the Titan's 1.0M are almost the same price.

 

[Anonymous]

Do any of you feel length makes a difference? How much of a difference would occur between a 1.0M and a 2.0 cable. All manufacturer specifications seem to be per meter, so in effect impedance, resistance and capacitance will all increase as length increases. What I find hard to understand is although the numbers might double with double the length, what real world impact could be seen?

 

[Anonymous]

I've managed to find the Atlas Titan's for a huge discount at future shop, have ordered and and will update this post once I've had a chance to review.