News: Chord Cables ClearwayX
A Clearway for better
sound: new ClearwayX
Multi-award-winning
Clearway speaker cable now even better, thanks to new XLPE technology upgrade
14th July 2020, Wiltshire, England: One of Chord Company’s most
decorated speaker cables, Clearway, (What Hi-Fi? Best Speaker cable 2015,
2016 and 2017), has
been made even better, thanks to an upgrade to the A/V cable specialist’s
recently launched XLPE insulation technology. The new ClearwayX (available
from today) is a direct replacement for Clearway and introduces a number of sound
quality benefits over the original design.
Chord Company has been hand-building high-performance
A/V cables in Great Britain since 1985 and the new ClearwayX builds upon the
original time-proven Clearway construction, making improvements to the critical
dielectric (insulation) by upgrading to XLPE. Cross-Linked Polyethylene (XLPE)
introduces benefits in phase stability over previously used materials, bringing
noticeable sound quality improvements during the company’s testing.
ClearwayX’s XLPE-insulated
conductors are built from multi-strand oxygen-free copper and are arranged in a
twisted-pair configuration to reduce interference. The two conductors are further
protected with a layer of soft PVC
in order to correctly space the shielding in relation to the conductors and to
minimise any mechanically induced noise.
To increase performance further, high-performance shielding is
specified: ClearwayX features two contra-wound high-density foil shields that,
combined with the twisted-pair configuration, provide a level of shielding that
is effective to high frequencies.
Doug Maxwell, Chord Company’s Sales Director said, ‘We’re delighted to make our multi-award-winning Clearway speaker cable even better for 2020 with our XLPE technology. The new ClearwayX has qualities that would normally be associated with considerably more expensive cables, and priced at just £15 p/m, it is both an affordable and highly effective upgrade for music lovers wanting to get the best from the equipment they already own.’
ClearwayX is the latest in a line of high-performance
Chord Company speaker cables to benefit from the introduction of XLPE
technology. The move to XLPE follows the company’s successful implementation of
Taylon® (its proprietary
phase-stable insulation material) in the flagship Sarum T and ChordMusic
speaker cables. XLPE has since rolled out to several products across a wide
range of price points.
Price and availability
ClearwayX is available now priced at £15 p/m. Review
samples now.
The Chord Company contacts for publication
Tel: 01980
625700
Email: sales@chord.co.uk
Web: chord.co.uk
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