Next up a bit of Phil Collins, “In The Air Tonight” has been in my CD collection from the early 80’s, and although Phil’s music has quite a lot of people split and either love or hate it Marmite fashion, I quite like the varying styles within the album. The qualities in the Shawline cable allowing a natural rendition of the singer’s talents and the smooth flow of the music come out to play. This is possibly the best I have heard Bryan Adams voice. The duet with Bryan Adams “Feels Like Home” has the pair’s vocal talents separated well within the soundstage, Krall’s deeper female tones keeping Adams gravelly voice in good company. These are not huge differences in a night and day fashion, but a very subtle difference between an album that once made me quickly skip tracks, to one where I just let it play through. The piano in “I’m Not In Love” makes for a more believable reproduction, and what seemed like Miss Krall had been using a cardboard microphone had now a bit of vocal sparkle. The slight rise in the higher tones gives tracks like “Wallflower” some extra detail and life. The recording I have on CD has always left me a little cold, as it comes across a little dull and lifeless. This is apparent on Diana Krall’s “Wallflower” album. What I have noticed using the Chord cable is a slight lift in the higher frequency range, this does not come through as sibilance, more a lengthening to the decay of the sound in the upper reaches. The following track “Did you ever love me?” has steel drums panging out the detail in their tone and metallic skin has good resolution with Christine McVie’s silky vocals not being interfered with by anything else going on with the music, the Shawline Digital carrying enough information for the system to keep everything separate and in its correct place. Bob Welsh’s lead guitar hunts out from the speakers, and John McVie’s basslines are clean sounding and tight, and hold the music together with a clear confidence. The smooth bluesy “Revelation” sprang to life with a good organic and natural sound the finger drums (I think) are clearly defined. To kick off proceeding I put Fleetwood Mac’s album “Penguin” into the CD draw. So I have lost a little in the way of consistency for the articles, but the front end is still the same.Ĭhatting to Nigel Finn from Chord we decided to put a slight twist to the Cable Doctor idea, that to push my hifi system with the use of the upper levels of cable performance, and a price point that people don’t normally go to in relation to the equipment cost. Unfortunately the system I started this series with has changed a little due to a slight accident (don’t ask! The lady of the house is still scowling). I thought what a great idea, to do within a few months what most of us do over several years. This “Cable Doctor” series was to start with the lower end of the cable market and slowly work up to improving my system sound. Previously he has focused on the entry level C Line and Clearway cables but now moves up to the new Shawline series interconnects and digital cable, along with the Epic Twin speaker cable.Įarlier this year I was asked to do a series of articles based around Chord cables and interconnects. David Robson continues his Chord Company “Cable Doctor” series of reviews, where specific cable combinations are recommended for his system by Nigel Finn of Chord.
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