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Correct method of hooking up Sonus Faber speakers?

I own a set of SF Olympica 3 speakers and I'm curious about their optimized hook up. Using a single run of speaker cables, does 1 connect to the bottom set of terminals or the top set of terminals? I seem to recall reading somewhere that Sonus Faber recommends best results connecting to the top set of terminals where conventionally we start at the bottom and run a set of jumpers to the top. Perhaps SF owners can chime in here and let me know the ideal method to get best results. To date I've been going to the bottom terminals and then jumpers to the top but find a slight brightness to the speakers. Thanks in advance for any advice here.
frontier1
zd542
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Just go with the way that sounds better. It won't hurt anything. A set of quality jumper cables would probably be a good investment. If you call The Cable Company they should have some several options. Also, a good local dealer may make some up for you. John at Audio Connection made me some really nice jumpers using Kimber when I bought my speakers.
tonykay
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I used to use two separate runs of Tara Labs Space and Time speaker cables without jumpers. I have switched to using the jumpers with a single run of heavy Tara Labs RSC Prime Bi-Wire cables. I don't remember reading the SF recommendation of using the upper terminals, but after reading your post I moved the banana plugs to the upper terminals. I have doubts that it will make a difference, but I'll give it a try.
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tboooe
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At least for my SF Evolutions I connect the speaker cables to the bottom terminal using the jumpers. I believe that was recommended per the manual.
raks
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You might want to try the new Nordost Jumpers. You can order them in any configuration you want... and at $150 they're a bargain.
frontier1 OP
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Thanks for the observations and advice re hooking up the Sonus Fabers. I'll try both top and bottom and judge for myself as a couple posts have suggested. Oddly enough, I'm looking to tame the top a little. Older SF models seemed to be more relaxed than the Olympicas present so far.
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