Chord Sarum T Super ARAY Digital Coaxial Cable

Chord Sarum T builds on the hugely successful Sarum Super Tuned ARAY cable range. The Sarum T range introduces Chord’s very own insulation material, Taylon, bringing a major performance upgrade. Previous Sarum ranges have used PTFE insulation, however the upgrade to Taylon introduces a huge wealth of performance benefits.

Chord discovered Taylon, a new, high-technology alternative to PTFE in 2015. Taylon eliminates the temperature related phase instability and mechanical variation that hinders the sonic and musical performance of PTFE. This breakthrough led to the creation of the flagship ChordMusic range, which Chord have now fed down into the Chord Sarum T RCA Interconnect.

Combining Taylon® insulated conductors, and Chord’s most advanced Super ARAY technology, Chord Sarum T offers a huge upgrade in performance over the Sarum Tuned ARAY range. It offers the same natural sense of rhythm, pace, musical energy and presence that ChordMusic delivers, but in a simplified design that costs considerably less.

The proprietary Chord Company Taylon® insulation and Super ARAY conductor technology is as relevant in digital cables as it is analogue – possibly more so, given the growing amount of digital sources. Trust Sarum T Digital with signal-carrying duties for complete assurance of unadulterated transfer to and from digital devices without phase issues compromising sound quality.

The Sarum T Super ARAY is built using the same technique and materials as the other Sarum cables, but unlike the others the digital is a very accurate 75 Ohm cable. Same ultra effective shielding, but a different impedance. Impedance is decided by the size of the internal conductor in relation to the spacing of the shielding. So no matter how accurate the impedance of the cable  – and while the majority of manufacturers choose to use RCA plugs rather than an accurate 75 Ohm BNC connector –  there will be issues. The typical impedance of an RCA plug is 32 Ohms – ie. far from ideal. Chord developed the Tuned ARAY conductor theory in an attempt to minimise this (reflections) issue. The extraordinary improvement was more to do with a massive reduction in high frequency interference, so Chord applied the same principles to other cable types.