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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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toddverrone
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At the least I would use the same cables as your speaker cables, just buy an extra length or cut some off the ends of your current cables. Anything fancier doesn't seem like it would offer a benefit. I did notice an improvement when I replaced my flat gold plated brass jumpers with short lengths of speaker cable.

It all depends on what is there now, really. And what you plan on replacing it with.
sardonyxx
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You could bi-wire and eliminate the jumpers. I use Magnan now. I have used SR, Kimber, and Stealth with positive results
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chrisr
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You can always use audioquest silver links.  it is 16awg solid core wire and it provides good contact area in the binding post. $25.   I do not believe a second that upgrading such a short connection (minuscule resitance) can make a difference, but I hate to say it... i feel like they did compared to 16awg copper wires...

douglas_schroeder
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chrisr,  Conductor material makes an audible difference, as anyone who actually works with cables knows - and now you know. Theoretically it doesn't, but in real world system building it does. Just wait until you start working with power cords, if you haven't already! Then you'll really face a conundrum!

Relative to the length of many connections in components the jumper is not very short. Why do you think component builders are always touting the short signal path? It's not just the length of the signal path, it's the quality of the signal path.

Now you will have people trying to talk you out of trusting what you heard, even though it was obvious. But, it's repeatable and all the theory in the world will not cause it to go away. :)

 

jl35
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If only science could explain everything...
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