Jumper Cables - use the stock or should they be upgraded ?


........a quick question to the Audiogon group ; should the '' stock supplied '' jumper cables be upgraded if you do not plan to bi-wire ? Also, will it really make a sonic improvement ? Thank you in advance.     
garebear

Showing 2 responses by chrisr

I was just researching this on the web last night. I found the argument made by
electrical engineers and some speaker designer the most convincing; they basically claim that the contact point at the provided jumper measures an extremely low resistance compared to the xft of cable and mostly speaker, and the 3in long body of the jumper measures even less. They conclude by saying that trying to improve a speaker performance by changing jumpers is a little bit like trying to improve the aerodynamics of a turtle. I prefer the manufacturer’s jumpers as they look neater than my 3in/10awg ofc copper conductors.
We have to ask ourselves these questions:  Does a resistance of 0.0003 ohm worth fixing?  is there a SINGLE speaker manufacturer advocating changing the provided jumpers?