I'm adding Jupper cables and your opinion is ??


I am in the process of purchasing new speaker cables for my Avalon Eclipse's....I will let you know they are very expensive and would complete my entire system.....the issue is, the mfg.'s price for their bi-wired pair of cables adds on a whole bunch of more money which would kick me out of the game .....the dealer recommended using the same kind of wire for jumpers....I called the mfg. and they said that it could be done but did not want to comment on the sonics of doing that....so, does adding the correct or same kind of wire jumpers degrade the overall sound or does it have no affect on the sound if done correctly ...????
garebear
No, In our experience it has little to no effect if you use jumpers made from the same wire configuration as the speaker cable. In our case wwe make short 8"-12" jumpers with spades or banana plugs. They work great!

JD MacRae
Jade Audio, LLC
I have sort of given up on buying bi-wire speaker cables. I believe there is a sonic benefit to bi-wiring with some speakers, but to maximize the benefit you need to run the bi-wire pair separated from each other. Therefore, I ultimately prefer two single runs of the same cable. Another advantage is that you can try a single run of the wire first, and then decide whether you really like it before adding another single run when you can afford it. Purist actually doubles their wire on their bi-wire cables, which is good, but the cables are in the same jacket. This was a long way of saying buy the single run, try the jumpers and then decide later whether you want to add another single run. BTW, you can easily make your own jumpers using hook-up wire (partsconnexion has everything 20% off through the month), or even short runs of a manufacturer's speaker cable if you can get it. Try twisting up four wires of 20awg PCOCC copper (don't go less than 6-8 inches), and terminate with spades, bananas or one of each.
agree with jd above, the bass speakers are much less dependant on wire than the mid and treble for their sonic character.

i would just suggest to get a big gauge wire (8 or 10 gauge) so that none of the signal from the amp is constricted in its last few inches of journey. silver works good on bass signals.
Agree with Dcruby.

I use Analysis plus Big Silver jumpers to bi-wire my Helicon 300s.
The jumpers should work fine. So should thin (solid core) speaker wires, as opposed to the garden-hose variety I used for years. I used to believe that because bi-wired inputs were provided by my speakers (then ProAc Response 3), this is what I should use. I'm glad those days are over. Good luck, Dave