HOW CRITICAL ARE JUMPER CABLES


When using jumper cables instead of biwire speaker cables, do the jumpers need to be as good a quality or better than the actual quality of the  speaker wires? The jumpers need to be 6” to 9” long. Also is it better to hook the main speaker wires to the low end and then run the jumpers to the high end or visa versa?
 

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It depends on how revealing your system is and whether you're simply jumping biwire speaker binding posts. But for sure, if it has stamped crap metal jumpers you should hear a big improvement

 

I have Emerald Physics 3.4s with outboard XOs. They include some of the cheapest jumpers, which really detracts from the 3.4s hidden potential. The included jumpers are also short, which means people are leaving the XOs on the speaker bases, which vibrate like crazy. I replaced them with high quality 2ft jumpers so I could get the XOs off the bases. The improvement for a couple hundred dollars is/was... jaw dropping. These speakers deserve better