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Speaker jumpers

I have a pair of 805 Diamonds with the stock jumpers in place.Has anybody replaced these with upgraded jumper wires and got better sound?Do you think it would make a noticeable improvement?Factory jumpers look pretty wimpy for expensive speakers.Thanks!
corvette01
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bdp24
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There is one speaker designer---Magnepan’s Jim Winey---who uses steel jumpers! So yes Randy, at least one designer does not know how to build them. Steel---can you believe it?!

Speaking of steel, the fuse holder in the Tympani-IV and IVa is made of that metal. Does anyone know of a copper (or at least brass) fuse holder?

randy-11
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maybe you can explain what is wrong with steel

also, the notion that engineers are overruled by cost containment of the manufacturers for expensive speakers is just speculation

you can always do your own blind testing of course... or spend time & money on something that really matters (speakers, room, best source recordings)
jl35
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Not speculation 
jl35
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It's not simply cost containment, but that depending on speaker cables used the choice of preferred jumpers can be quite variable 
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asvjerry
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At the risk of voiding the warranty, take a peek inside.

Duplicate the internal wiring.

Other than that, I'll vote with jl35; match your speaker lines.

Any other 'esoteria'....well, it's your $.  Do what you want. *shrug*  MHO.
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