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hi all. i need to replace my chord carnival silver plus biwire with some new speaker cable and i have the chord rumour 4 in mind.

also will going from a cobra 3 to a chameleon silver plus see much improvement.

my set up is a marantz 6002 amp 6002 cd player and kef iq30 speakers.could you please take the time to give your recommendations for speaker cables and interconnects for my system.many thanks...

 

[Anonymous]

I use QED silver anniversary xt,with my Marantz gear,and find it a very open and revealing not too bright and a good bottom end..

Also have them terminated both ends with airloc banana plugs.

 

[Anonymous]

Do you have a particular problem with the SP? I'd go for Odyssey 2 over Rumour 4 anyday.

 

[Anonymous]

thanks for replying .

ive not got a problem with the silver plus it just that i am having a bit of a move around and need longer speaker cable.

the cables are from my old cambridge 640 amp cd and b&w 603 s3 speakers and i am selling the lot to a mate.

i suppose that as its my new system and i need longer speaker cables i may as well get some that are better matched and offer some improvment.

also is it best to biwire the iq30s.i want the best for my set up and there must be a point at which the cables become too good for the system .

overall i am very happy with what i have and as the new cables are the last step i am trying to avoid a case of the what ifs and if onlys.cheers

 

[Anonymous]

Odyssey 2. Chop a few inches off the end to replace the metal links connecting the terminations at the speaker end. My advice.

 

[Anonymous]

thanks octopo.

what are your thoughts on the chord chameleon silver over the cobra 3. or what would you recommend.cheers.

 

[Anonymous]

gofoon:
thanks octopo.

what are your thoughts on the chord chameleon silver over the cobra 3. or what would you recommend.cheers.

My thoughts are the former sounds better than the latter with a system capable of displaying the difference.

 

[Anonymous]

do you think that my system is capable of displaying the difference or is the chameleon over the top for it...

 

[Anonymous]

The Cobra is a good cable. I would stick with that.

 

[Anonymous]

I use the QED Silver Anniversary XT Bi Wired and found this is fantastic cabling handles all types of music very well and as sad as it may seem it also looks fantastic.

Maybe try look at some of the Clear Audio stuff or the Russ Andrews www.hificables.co.uk have some fantastic sales on!

(and if your looking to get shot of your old cable then let me know haha)

 

[Anonymous]

I personally didn't like the QED SA XT and ditched if for Chord Co cables and I know a few others who have as well. I found the bass particularly lacking.

Also, I recommend going with a better cable single-wired than bi-wiring with lesser cable (Chord Co recommends this on their site too). So if you are thinking of Rumor 4, get Odyssey2 and single wire instead.

Moreover, don't use the links that came with the speakers - like Octopo suggested - get an extra 15-20cm piece of Odyssey2 and make links yourself. I noticed a massive difference in sound just swapping the links!

 

[JoelSim]

A Chord specialist told me that whilst the Cobra was good, the Chameleon really was much better.

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