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Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2020

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I've been spending too much money on audio equipment for 35 years or more. During those years I have purchased several analog RCA internet cables. Some of them pretty good. Last year, based on a review in the UK publication WHAT Hi-Fi, I purchased the Chord C-Line RCA interconnect. It was well worth the money spent. It produced a nice clean, detailed sound. And I was quite pleased. Well, returning to WHAT Hi-Fi recently I discovered their review of the Chord Clearway RCA interconnect cable. The review was very positive, to say the least. So, I recently purchased the Clearway based on their review. WOW! What a remarkable achievement by Chord Company. This interconnect cable is truly outstanding. But, I must tell you I was not initially impressed and thought that I had made a mistake spending my money. That is until I intentionally ran about 100 hours of varied music through it. Now, not all of that was actually listening to music. I learned that you can actually 'play' music through a cable without your amp on to 'break-in' a new cable. I'm telling you honestly, with this cable, a long break-in period makes a significant difference in the quality of sound. After about 20 hours I began to notice an improvement. Then more hours later, still more improvement. I've run about 100 hours through the cable now and I could not be more pleased. I'm listening to music that I'm very familiar with and have noticed a great improvement in clarity, transparency, richness, separation of instruments and voices in all that I play. It is simply remarkable. Although the C-Line cable is quite good, I highly recommend the Chord Clearway analog RCA interconnect cable if it is something that you can afford.

Also, sort of unrelated to this review. As I had previously stated I've been at this audio thing for a long time. And for those of you aren't already isolating your equipment from vibration, you really should consider it. I have Sorbothane products and years ago purchased Black Diamond Racing Cones to isolate my equipment. All of which improved my music experience. But, I must say this Chord Clearway has made some of the most significant improvements. Well done, Chord!

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Michael M.

Excellent RCA cables

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2021

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Cables were a nice upgrade right out of the box and sound even better now after approximately fifty hours of break in time.

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sid

As good as what hi fi says

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2021

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Very detailed, excellent in every way. A steal at the price. There's no need to spend any more.

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Larry McMullen

Sound quality

Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2021

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Excellent cables great sound improvement

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Huge Soundstage

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2018

This cable has no audible weaknesses that I can find, and I have many great cables in my system. Response is lightning fast. The midrange is smooth, not grainy. There is no bloat in the low frequencies. The treble frequencies are natural sounding. Cymbals and tambourines sound organic. Individual instruments and voices are pinpoint in the wide and deep soundstage. This cable has won awards for good reason.

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Audiophile

Highly Transparent Sounding.

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2018

This is a Great Sounding Cable. It is a step above the entry level C-line Interconnect which is awesome sounding at its price point and above. Comes highly recommended.

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Daniel

Superb cables!

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2021

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Great interconnect for the money.

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DJM

Great improvement over cables of the same if not higher price. Highly recommended.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2018

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I used these cables to replace similar priced ones from Atlas. The Clearaway is far better than the Atlas cables and do exactly what they say. They clear away a level of veiling that opens up the music and gives more detail, dynamics and greater neutrality to the sound. Highly recommended for decent hi-fi components

Pros
Well-made high quality cables.
Sound Quality. They replaced cables from my FM tuner and £3,000 turntable to my £15,000 amp and speaker set up. In both cases I noticed a more open and balanced sound-stage with more subtle details. Bass lines were tighter and mid to high range a little sweeter, There was a little more naturalness to all instrumentation and vocals. The improvement for the price was extremely impressive.
No burn-in time. They sounded great straight out of the packet

Cons
On the FM tuner I noticed a slight emphasis in background hiss and sibilance. This was only slight and was far outweighed by the audible improvements.
The significant but subtle improvements will only be heard on system with components costing many hundreds of pounds.

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dingobob

Bonne qualité

Reviewed in France on May 1, 2023

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Les câbles sont bien finis et la qualité sonore au RDV.
Bon achat

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Vincenzo Garofalo

Grandi prestazioni ad un costo umano

Reviewed in Italy on April 17, 2022

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Dopo la pessima esperienza con Van den Hul - The Name Hybrid, immediatamente restituito, arriva una esperienza totalmente opposta con il Chord Clearway, cavo dal rapporto prezzo prestazioni davvero eccezionale. Ascoltato nel mio impianto e posizionato fra pre Convergent e finale Gamut d200 diffusori Magneplanar...e poi provato fra lettore NorthStar e ampli x cuffia AudioGD Master19 , cuffia HifiMan Ananda. Entrambi (Magneplanar e Ananda) sono driver rivelatori che non gradiscono a monte componenti di scarsa quallità. Il Chord ha evidenziato una riproduzione corretta e ben bilanciata su tutto lo spettro, con un controllo ed una raffinatezza della riproduzione in genere ad appannaggio di cavi ben più costosi. Questo controllo di cui sopra si evidenzia con bassi presenti ma rotondi, medi corretti e non ruffiani e alti molto rifiniti senza perdita di dettaglio. Anzi , è proprio il dettaglio su tutta la gamma udibile la caratteristica saliente, percepisci più nettamente ed in maniera più pulita ogni sonorià presente nella registrazione. Ciò vuol dire aumento del nero o silenzio fra gli strumenti, ricchezza di sfumature negli strumenti stessi e nella voce. Tutto ciò senza perdere peso sonoro ed incisività sia in larghezza che in altezza (cosa che avviene in tanti cavi nel tentativo di rendere più nette le sonorità).....che dire, un best buy da non sottovalutare......

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