In the twenty years that The Chord Company has been producing interconnects and speaker cables, it has built up close and friendly relationships with many manufacturers and distributors of hi-fi components and speakers. This means that during the development process of any new Chord product we have the chance to assess its performance with a wide variety of various manufacturers' components and speakers. This helps to ensure a remarkably consistent performance regardless of the system the cables are connected to.

The entire range of Chord speaker cables share broadly similar design principles. Chord Carnival Classic is similar to Leyline 2 in its use of Oxygen free multi-strand copper conductors and polyethylene conductor insulation. The differences are in the diameter of the conductors and the diameter of the polyethylene insulation that surrounds the conductors. The larger diameter conductors offer a lower resistance than those used in the Leyline and Carnival Classic will carry information across a wider frequency bandwidth. This is particularly noticeable across the bass frequencies and makes the Carnival an excellent choice for use with home cinema as well as hi-fi systems. Carnival Classic's ability to accurately carry dynamic information makes it a particularly good choice for the front three speakers of a home cinema system, with Chord Leyline carrying information to the rear speakers.