Who makes the finest cables; Chord or Van den Hul?

[peterpan]

What do you find; which company makes the finest cables?

 

[El Hefe]

Given the 2 options....Chord for me....Why? Not because I use them, its because I have tried a number VDH cables and its not to my liking.

If its not limited to these 2 options....I am very and fully satisfied with Siltech.

 

[scene]

I think this question is like asking "Who makes the finest wine?" - the answer is very much a matter of personal taste and matching the cables to your setup. I think both companies make fine cables. I have a lot of Chord Cables as I think they suit my set up. Given a different amp, source, etc. I could well go with Van den Hul. Or Merlin.

And when talking of "finest cable" what do exactly do you mean? Best, regardless of price? Best, for a given price point?

 

[datay]

Audience, Analysis Plus, Coherent Systems, Missing Link. You need to widen your horizons outside the review pages of WHF.

 

[SteveR750]

The yellow ones? Actually in my system I prefer to use the green I/Cs

 

[scene]

The yellow ones? Actually in my system I prefer to use the green I/Cs

I'm reminded of a Not the Nine O'Clock News sketch which was a send up of the Financial Times newspaper ads - when various people various reasons for why they but different papers, and Mel Smith gives his reason for buying the FT as "because I have a pink bathroom..."

 

[iceman16]

For me it's chord until I tried Tellurium Q. Van den Hul sounds dull to me(in my system of course).

 

[Anonymous]

Transparent cables for me, only cos they're reassuringly expensive :cheers:

 

[bigboss]

What do you find; which company makes the finest cables?

Which type of cables?

 

[BenLaw]

Given the 2 options....Chord for me....Why? Not because I use them, its because I have tried a number VDH cables and its not to my liking.

If its not limited to these 2 options....I am very and fully satisfied with Siltech.

Yeah, the question would be better if it was 'which of the two makes the finer cables?'

 

[Triggy]

For me it's chord until I tried Tellurium Q. Van den Hul sounds dull to me(in my system of course).

+1

I thought my Chord Epic was good until I demoed and subsequently bought Tellurium Q Black Speaker cable

 

[Anonymous]

I've started using cables from Dynamique Audio with my CD player and speakers. Very happy.

 

[SteveR750]

Whatever happened to New Breed or whatever they were called? I have still got some RCA IC's and some speaker cables which I may try out as it was copper which might suit my system better.

 

[ID.]

I'm partial to Nordost, Oyaide and Acrolink :cheer: