I recently purchased a pair of the Usher BE 718s and was running my mono wired Kubala Sosna Fascination cables to the bottom binding posts with the Usher supplied jumpers going to the tweeter binding posts. I was pretty happy with that setup until I connected a real set of jumpers, and ran the mono speaker cables to the tweeter binding posts instead of the woofer binding posts.
The jumper cables I purchased are the JPS Aluminata Jumpers that are/were listed on Audiogon. I figured that since the BE 718s were wired with JPS Cable, Id give that a shot. I switched running the mono speakers cables to the tweeter binding posts after reading other Forums on Jumper Cables verses Bi-Wired speaker cables. Several people suggested it was better to connect the speaker cables to the tweeter binding posts and run the Jumper Cables to the woofer binding posts.
After wrestling with the JPS Aluminata Jumpers to connect both them and my Kubala Sosna Fascination cables to the binding posts, I experienced one of those Holy Crud moments. The BE 718s were completely transformed. I dont know if it was connecting the speaker cables to the tweeter binding posts or if it was the addition of the JPS Aluminata Jumpers that did it, all I can say is Im a happy guy.
Now Im wondering what would happen if I replaced the Kubala Sosna Fascination cables with JPS cables. The JPS Aluminata Jumpers are very very stiff to say the least. I wonder if the JPS Aluminata speaker cables are as stiff as the jumpers are.
The jumper cables I purchased are the JPS Aluminata Jumpers that are/were listed on Audiogon. I figured that since the BE 718s were wired with JPS Cable, Id give that a shot. I switched running the mono speakers cables to the tweeter binding posts after reading other Forums on Jumper Cables verses Bi-Wired speaker cables. Several people suggested it was better to connect the speaker cables to the tweeter binding posts and run the Jumper Cables to the woofer binding posts.
After wrestling with the JPS Aluminata Jumpers to connect both them and my Kubala Sosna Fascination cables to the binding posts, I experienced one of those Holy Crud moments. The BE 718s were completely transformed. I dont know if it was connecting the speaker cables to the tweeter binding posts or if it was the addition of the JPS Aluminata Jumpers that did it, all I can say is Im a happy guy.
Now Im wondering what would happen if I replaced the Kubala Sosna Fascination cables with JPS cables. The JPS Aluminata Jumpers are very very stiff to say the least. I wonder if the JPS Aluminata speaker cables are as stiff as the jumpers are.