Does the"quality" of jumpers affect the sound?

Would a "better" jumper cable equate to better sound?
Greh

Possibly. It depends on the resolving powers of your equipment, and how carefully you listen. This question is very similar to the power cord question. If the electric company runs power in cables hundreds of miles, how can a 5 foot cord affect the sound? I and many others believe it does. However, YMMV, so only you can determine if it does for you.
FWIW, I heard a nice improvement when I changed my stock jumpers out for AQ Kilimanjaro jumpers.

John

Make sure you speakers are capable of this first. FWIW, my speakers (Verity Audio Parsifal Encore's) have jumpers, but are not bi-wireable or bi-ampable. They have one crossover, and it is in the bass module. My speakers were designed for the speaker cables to be attached to the woofer module. Otherwise the mid/tweeter would be run full range, which could damage the drivers.

So know your speakers design before trying some of these suggestions.

John

04-26-07: inpepinnovations@aol.com
Notwithstanding the statements about jumpers making a difference and connecting at either the high or low side, cross wiring + to hi and - to low, cannot make any difference since the current is AC and effectively the + & - change continuously according to the frequency.

I'm not so sure about the accuracy of this statement. First, with AC power, the + & - do change continuously, but not according to frequency, they change continuously according to time. The North American AC standard is 60 cycles per second.

Secondly, I was always under the impression that an amplifiers audio output was DC, not AC, is this not correct? If the amp does output DC then absolute phase polarity is an issue. Please let me know if I am incorrect, and amplifiers audio output is AC.

Cheers,
John

Dpac996 and Bob P., thanks for setting me straight. If it is AC then polarity should not be an issue, as the current is alternating 120 times per second. How come there is so much made of absolute polarity then? It doesn't seem to make sense.

Regards,
John