Chord Rumour will give me..............................?

[fayeanddavid]

what, when compared to the Chord Carnival Silver plus that I have?

Cabling is some 8 years old, no doubt there are improvements and I hear/read a lot about how good the Rumour cable is.............so what would it give me.................?

 

[hammill]

fayeanddavid:

what, when compared to the Chord Carnival Silver plus that I have?

Cabling is some 8 years old, no doubt there are improvements and I hear/read a lot about how good the Rumour cable is.............so what would it give me.................?

Before you waste your money, try disconnecting the cables, cleaning and reconnecting.

 

[fayeanddavid]

hammill:fayeanddavid:

what, when compared to the Chord Carnival Silver plus that I have?

Cabling is some 8 years old, no doubt there are improvements and I hear/read a lot about how good the Rumour cable is.............so what would it give me.................?

Before you waste your money, try disconnecting the cables, cleaning and reconnecting.

Good advice, something that I do about every 9 months, however still interested in the Rumour

 

[hammill]

fayeanddavid:hammill:fayeanddavid:

what, when compared to the Chord Carnival Silver plus that I have?

Cabling is some 8 years old, no doubt there are improvements and I hear/read a lot about how good the Rumour cable is.............so what would it give me.................?

Before you waste your money, try disconnecting the cables, cleaning and reconnecting.

Good advice, something that I do about every 9 months, however still interested in the Rumour

Fair enough, didn't know that.

 

[Anonymous]

Go for the Odyssey for a decent improvement. I went from the bi-wire version of what you have to the Odyssey 2 single wire. The key change was more and better bass.

 

[fayeanddavid]

igglebert:Go for the Odyssey for a decent improvement. I went from the bi-wire version of what you have to the Odyssey 2 single wire. The key change was more and better bass.

igglebert

Interesting choice.

My current set up is bi-amped from the Yamaha, was thinking of doing the same thing with the Odyssey cable.

Would this alter your thinking at all?

 

[Anonymous]

Well the Odyssey 4 is quite an expensive cable and I've only tried the 2. I'm unsure what the Rumour would give you. It's a thinner gauge than the Odyssey so maybe there won't be much difference. I borrowed the Odyssey from a dealer and felt the improvement worth the spend. Can you do the same?

 

[fayeanddavid]

igglebert

I did mean that I would bi-amp the Rumour (not Odyssey......................stupid boy Pike!) in my system

trying to establish what the merits could be?

 

[Anonymous]

Sorry, I'm confusing the query with more variables!

The Rumour has 1.5mm conductors, the Odyssey 2mm. When I changed from Carnival SP biwire I found a small improvement in the bass with the Odyssey and a touch more clarity. Not massive but worth the change. My point is that I suspect the cost of upgrading isn't worth it for the Rumour. Just an opinion.

It's probably worth the cost saving buying some used Odyssey 4 (perhaps from the Bay?) rather than buying new Rumour. OK, you can't audition the cable this way but if it means that you can have Odyssey over Rumour it's probably a good move.

 

[fayeanddavid]

igglebert:Sorry, I'm confusing the query with more variables!

The Rumour has 1.5mm conductors, the Odyssey 2mm. When I changed from Carnival SP biwire I found a small improvement in the bass with the Odyssey and a touch more clarity. Not massive but worth the change. My point is that I suspect the cost of upgrading isn't worth it for the Rumour. Just an opinion.

It's probably worth the cost saving buying some used Odyssey 4 (perhaps from the Bay?) rather than buying new Rumour. OK, you can't audition the cable this way but if it means that you can have Odyssey over Rumour it's probably a good move.

Good point, I'll take a look

 

[fayeanddavid]

fayeanddavid:
igglebert:Sorry, I'm confusing the query with more variables!

The Rumour has 1.5mm conductors, the Odyssey 2mm. When I changed from Carnival SP biwire I found a small improvement in the bass with the Odyssey and a touch more clarity. Not massive but worth the change. My point is that I suspect the cost of upgrading isn't worth it for the Rumour. Just an opinion.

It's probably worth the cost saving buying some used Odyssey 4 (perhaps from the Bay?) rather than buying new Rumour. OK, you can't audition the cable this way but if it means that you can have Odyssey over Rumour it's probably a good move.

Good point, I'll take a look

£140 ish on the bay for Rumour 4, seems reasonable for 2 x 2m fully terminated?

Might give it a go

 

[Anonymous]

Dont go for the rumour, do the oddy cable. Buy it second hand from flea bay and you will get a better cable all around.

 

[fayeanddavid]

potboyslim:Dont go for the rumour, do the oddy cable. Buy it second hand from flea bay and you will get a better cable all around.

And one final question before taking the leap and tracking down Odyssey

It will be used on my fronts (bi-amped from the yamaha) and centre.............still worthwhile yes?

It really is a sod that you can't demo speaker cable...................

 

[Anonymous]

You can demo the cable if your on good terms with your local dealer. Tried atlas hyper 2 and 3 first, then tried the qed revelation and bout that one. But after a house move, I needed 10 metres of the stuff and it was going to cost me a fortune, so won 10 or so metres from ebay of the oddy for £66.

Top cable for the money, but would rather the qed.

 

[fayeanddavid]

managed to get a couple of lengths of Odyssey 4 off of the Bay for Left and Right

just need a metre or so for the centre then I can set it up.................watch this space

 

[JoelSim]

Try Kimber 4tc. Better all round than Odyssey.

 

[fayeanddavid]

JoelSim:
Try Kimber 4tc. Better all round than Odyssey.

"Too late." she cried!!!