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Chord Company HDMI Switching Matrix

Uncategorized By Feb 09, 2009

In response to calls from frustrated customers, The Chord Company is supplying its first ever electronic component. Many owners of flat screens and projectors have benefited from connecting their components with Chord’s award winning HDMI Silver Plus cable but this hasn’t solved an increasing problem: the lack of available HDMI inputs. The solution is an HDMI Switching Matrix. The Chord…

VAT Reduction – Complete waste of time?

Uncategorised By Feb 07, 2009

The 2% ish reduction isn’t enough to bring prices down to the next optical price so what has happened? Some retailers still price in store at the ‘old’ price and take the hit at the till. Good for them – I guess the loss of sales for not being quite as obviously competitive is cheaper than the cost of the many thousands of new price signs that they would need to print. Too many retailers have just increased margins to compensate.

Behringer SRC2496

Uncategorised By Feb 07, 2009

The Behringer SRC2496 has got to be the best value DAC around.  Mine cost £99 delivered.  Not only is it a good value DAC that upsamples (if you wish it to) it is also an 24/96 Analog to Digital converter. I’ve started to experiment with digitally recording vinyl.  Absolutely fascinating. I’d always assumed that digitally recording vinyl would bring the…

NaimNet delivers new website in time for ISE

Uncategorised By Jan 30, 2009

NaimNet has developed the new website – which is live in time for the ISE show in Amsterdam – to operate on three levels: to offer a high level of support to NaimNet installers; to act as a shop window for prospective customers – to drive traffic to NaimNet installers – and to provide non-NaimNet-certified trade with more technical information…

Chord Signature AES/EBU Digital Cable

Uncategorised By Jan 29, 2009

Chord has spent many months experimenting, with what has often been a frustratingly difficult connection, and believes that the new Chord Signature AES/EBU is the right answer.

One of the real challenges with the AES/EBU connection is that audiophiles have often found that, despite the technical advantages that the AES/EBU connection offers, a high quality S/PDIF connection will produce the better quality sound.

Indigo Plus Digital

Uncategorized By Jan 19, 2009

The Chord Company has added a new digital cable to their range of Indigo interconnects. The Indigo Plus Digital features the same precision-machined resonance-damping acrylic plug surrounds and secondary signal return conductor configuration as used on the Indigo Plus analogue cable. There however, other than the indigo sleeve, the similarities end. The Indigo Plus Digital features specially treated high-purity, oxygen-free,…