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«The vast majority of instrument cables are built from coaxial design cables. A coaxial cable has a central set of conductors surrounded by an insulation material, which in turn is surrounded by a shield of some sort. To get some idea of how this design would look, think about an aerial cable. The central conductors carry the signal and the shield carries the return path that completes the circuit. This style of cable design is relatively cheap and easy to produce and is typical of the majority of available instrument cables.
The conductor material is often of a poor quality, likewise the insulation, and in particular the quality of shielding. Most shields are woven around the insulation surrounding the central conductor. The tightness of the weave will affect the cable’s ability to reject interference. A loose weave will not function particularly well in terms of interference rejection and it is also more likely to be subject to mechanical noise. The Cream Instrument Cable uses a different configuration best described as pseudo-balanced. This doesn’t mean that this is a balanced cable. Instead it refers to conductor configuration. Instead of a single central conductor, there are two sets of identical, separately insulated conductors, twisted around each other. One set of conductors carries the signal from the instrument and the other set of conductors are used to complete the circuit and provide a return path. This conductor configuration is far more typical of high performance interconnects and is capable of accurately carrying higher levels of timbral and dynamic information. The type of material chosen to insulate conductors will affect the tonal and dynamic characteristics of the cable. In this case we have used low-density polyethylene insulation. Through the use of this material in our interconnect range, we know that this offers a good performance. In order to minimise mechanically induced noise, these conductors are surrounded with multiple strand cotton spacers and around these is a high-density woven shield, which minimises external interference.»
«The Cream instrument-cable of three metres is a special designed cable for electric guitar and bass, developed by the Chord Company. The Chord Company isn’t just full of music lovers; it’s full of musicians as well. We have guitarists, bass players, drummers and Sally, the owner of the company, is a Grade 7 pianist with a beautiful Blüthner grand piano. We also have friends who run recording studios - and have supplied cables for both recording and mastering studios.«
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