The Chord Company is delighted to announce two new additions to their Speaker Cable range; Epic Twin (dual-conductor) and Epic Super Twin (twin dual-conductor). Chord have resisted referring to the Super Twin as a bi-wire cable because while it certainly produces outstanding results when connected in bi-wire configuration, the conductors can also be paralleled together to produce an outstanding speaker cable for speakers with only one set of inputs.
Epic is the result of combining elements of two of Chord's most popular cables, Odyssey and Signature. By taking the shielding system used on the Signature and adapting it to suit Odyssey, the Chord Company has been able to produce a speaker cable that combines the strengths of both cables.
Epic like Odyssey features two conductors each made up of 19 strands of silver-plated oxygen free copper conductors. Chord has always used multi strand conductors in their speaker cables but favour fewer, heavier gauge conductors over fine stranded rope weave designs. The overall diameter of each conductor is 2.5 mm. The two conductors which are twisted together are insulated by Teflon® and then surrounded by a silicone jacket.
Epic has the addition of a dual shielding system applied to the outer silicone of Odyssey that is then surrounded with a special PVC jacket to further improve mechanical damping. The PVC jacket itself is extremely pliable and finished in a translucent grey with an overall diameter of 10.5 mm for Epic Twin and 15 mm for Epic Super Twin.
The Chord listening team have experimented with Epic in a variety of systems and would emphasise that the construction of the cable (in particular the shielding system) allows this cable to produce a significant improvement in performance when fitted to any well balanced system, almost regardless of system cost.