Chord Shawline Digital Tuned ARAY RCA Coaxial Cable
A more precise digital coaxial cable for systems where timing, groove, and focus matter.
When Digital Timing Loses Its Shape
A digital cable is easy to dismiss because the signal looks simple on paper. In a good system, the connection between transport, streamer, and DAC still has to protect timing, impedance behaviour, and noise rejection.
When that handoff is weak, music can still have detail but lose its sense of pace and structure. The result is sound that feels technically clean but less convincing once rhythm, bass lines, and vocal placement should lock together.
Chosen for a Cleaner Source-to-DAC Link
We chose the Chord Shawline Digital Tuned ARAY because it brings Chord's Tuned ARAY digital design into a cable that sits above Clearway and makes sense with better DACs, CD transports, streamers, and digital hubs.
Chord describes Shawline Digital Tuned ARAY as using Tuned ARAY conductor technology with shielding, hand-built UK construction, and ChorAlloy plated RCA and BNC connectors. In this listing, we are keeping the standard RCA-to-RCA lengths clean and easy to order.
What the Specs Won't Tell You
The Music Keeps Better Time. Tuned ARAY conductor technology is used to help preserve timing relationships in the digital signal, so drums, bass, and rhythmic lines feel more connected.
Digital Sources Sound Less Flat. Better shielding and digital-specific construction help reduce the haze that can make a capable DAC sound smaller than it should.
The Connection Point Is Not an Afterthought. ChorAlloy plated digital connectors help complete the signal path at the RCA connection, where a poor contact can undermine the rest of the cable.
The Audio Two Verdict
Shawline Digital Tuned ARAY is the coaxial digital cable we would use when the source and DAC are already strong enough to show what a cleaner link can do. It belongs between better streamers, CD transports, and standalone DACs where timing, focus, and tonal shape are all part of the result.
Clearway is the sensible starting point. Shawline is the step where the digital connection starts to feel more resolved, with a stronger sense of flow and a quieter space around the music.
Tech You Can Hear
| What You Hear | Why It Happens |
|---|---|
| Rhythm and bass lines feel more connected | Tuned ARAY conductor technology supports cleaner digital timing |
| Less grey haze between source and DAC | Shielded digital construction helps reduce interference in the signal path |
| More stable focus from streamers and transports | Digital-specific RCA-to-RCA design is used instead of a generic analogue lead |
| A stronger final contact point | ChorAlloy plated RCA digital connectors complete the cable path |
| Better scale from serious digital front ends | Hand-built UK construction keeps the cable geometry consistent |
Technical Highlights
- Shawline Digital Tuned ARAY coaxial digital cable
- RCA-to-RCA digital connection
- Tuned ARAY conductor technology
- Shielded digital cable construction
- ChorAlloy plated RCA digital connectors
- Hand built in the UK
- Available lengths: 0.5m, 1m, 1.5m, 2m, and 3m
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