Chord Odyssey X uses the same materials as Rumour X. Odyssey’s heavier gauge conductors bring so much more detail and dynamics to a system, along with a degree of control and definition that can transform the performance of both floor and stand mounted loudspeakers. Odyssey was launched in 1998 and set a new standard of performance. It’s neutrality, its compatibility and consistency of performance from system to system made it very rapidly a very popular speaker cable.
Cables will be supplied as pairs.
Termination options are for all cables, so you can select the following:
- None
- 4x Banana Plugs to 4x Banana Plugs
Hi-Fi News magazine liked Chord Odyssey so much because of its performance and price that it won the best speaker cable award for five years in a row.
Over the years, changes have been cosmetic only. The current version has a white PVC outer jacket with a diameter of 8mm, still discrete in speaker cable terms and still good enough to let even the biggest of systems sing like they should.
ChordOhmic Terminations are performed by Chord at their UK Factory to exacting specifications.
Previous versions of Odyssey speaker cables used PTFE insulation (often referred to as Teflon™) and until the arrival of Taylon®, this was the “go to” material. Although expensive, PTFE offered the best performance.
Material technology is constantly developing and improving and alternatives to PTFE are now available. While the high cost of Taylon® limits them from using this in all of their ranges, another insulator – XLPE (Cross-linked Polyethylene) came to their attention. One particular version of this material proved to be clearly better than PTFE, so Odyssey X was born.
The conductors used in Odyssey X are also found in Chord Epic and Epic XL speaker cables.
Technical Specification
- Conductor: Silver-plated OFC
- Insulation: PTFE
- Configuration: Twisted pair
- Shielding: None. PVC outer jacket
- AWG: 12
- mm2: 3.31
- Diameter: 8mm
Longer lengths can be supplied upon request, so please contact us.