Do Jumpers make an audible difference?


I have recently completed my Shunyata loom of cables except for the jumpers. I'm currently using Nordost Heimdals and was wondering if moving to the Shunyata VTX jumpers would net enough sonic benefit to warrant the upgrade. Would like to hear from those who have upgraded jumpers and what those experiences have been. Thanks
jayh31

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I had the same exsperience as Zavato, when I took the Bi-amp stock plates off, and installed Tara labs Omega Jumpers, that are 10 inches,They only cost $800.00 and come with bananas and spades, these Jumpers are the most profound jump in performance I have EVER put on my system, It is my opinion, that not all jumpers can achieve this performance level, and I believe that 10 inches, being shorter, that running another pair of speaker cables cannot result the same resolution because the signal looses intergrity by having to travel a longer distance, Enjoy the music.
@ Judyazblues, what proof can you provide that 2 meter speaker cables will have the same signal intergrity as 10 inch state of the art jumper cables?, I, On the other hand can provide substantial proof!, instead of making a false correction, you should make very sure of your statements before posting them, I will provide you with information for you to prove to yourself, you are wrong!, All cables carry a form of electricity, a/c, D/c, amps, etc.., now, An example, A house ground for the breaker boxes of the home, I have tried to use a 23ft ground for the breakers on the system, then I used a 4ft ground,This is the main ground out side of the house I am talking about, I assure you that my system was alot better with the 4ft ground in every way, why do you think that happened for?, another example is I have A/B speaker cable lengths, I used mass rolled monster cable for this exsperiment, I went from 2ft all the way to 15ft of speaker cable, same cable brand, same roll, used the whole time, The result was that 5ft sounded best, 6ft was close, all the other lengths was totally different, why is that?, the signal, a form of electricity looses it's intergrity!, go on, try all this your self, I have also done the same with interconnect lengths, The result for that A/B compairison, I will never use over a meter and a half!, there is a Huge difference between a meter length interconnect and a 3 meter, and the sound gets worse the longer you go, Again, why is that?, The signal looses it's intergrity!, I wanted to correct a previous post!
@ Mceljo, Hi, In my previous post, I said, There is little difference between 5ft and 6ft speaker cable, with the test I did in my above post, However, Their is a difference, and no, I am not fooling myself!, Now this does matter on the caliber of a system you own, meaning-system dependent, this test was done on two different systems when I had two of them, I only have one system currently,All things were equal, I do not expect some one to hear a difference on all systems between one foot, I do believe you will hear a difference on a very sensative High resolution system!, cheers.
@ Mceljo, Hi, I never said I did test with 1 foot increments, I did 2 foot increments, The only size I did in 1 foot, was between 5 ft and 6ft, I also said, that there was little difference, but there is a difference in sound between 5ft and 6ft speaker cables, I agree, there is no Best cable, however, given a very good system, keeping everthing the same, you will find a Best cable for that particular system, may take a life time, may take a week, depends on alot, you know that, we all do, I do believe there is a few models of cables out there that work to best effect on nearly any system, those cables are rare, they are out there, To me, There is a top group of cables, no Best, But a best group, some swear about Nordost, High-fidelity, Tara Labs, Purist Audio, etc.. and so on, I prefer Tara Labs cables, does not mean they are the Holy Grail of cables for every one,To each there own, when you get to the very best 4 models of Tara Labs, they cost alot of money, I believe all esoteric cables are over priced!, They are just cables, right?, LOL!, The Bad news is, as much as I hate it, I paid the exotic crazy prices!, was it worth the performance return for the money?, compaired to what's out there, absolutly!, cheers.
@ Tortilladc, LOL!, keep them cats away for sure!, I like your true humor here.