Jumpers for Spendors

I have Harbeth speakers I am using Audience JUMPERS AND SPEAKER WIRES and love them

When using jumpers does it matter whether the speaker wire
goes on the top or the bottom post of the speakers?

Thomasjrt - It does not matter, and you can certainly try them both ways to determine whether you can hear a difference. I tried mine both ways and could not distinguish an audible change, so I connect my speaker cables to the bottom posts and jump to the top ones, as this is more practical.

Thomasjrt - I guess it comes down to which driver you want the sonic signature of the jumper to be applied to.

I'm a dealer, with quite a bit of experience with jumper cables.

It can matter whether you hook up to the bottom or top. Not only is there additional cable, but binding posts and connectors will have their likely detrimental effect on transparency - I've found it to be quite noticable at times when swapping the hookups and comparing.

Usually my preference is to hook the main cable up to the midrange driver. In a 2 way speaker, that would mean jumping to the tweeter. I've found the tweeter can be too forward otherwise. In 3 way speakers, it's usually jumped from the mid/tweeter to the bass, as mid/tweeter is more sensitive to loss of transparency than bass.

Another way to play it was once suggested on the Eichmann (Bullet Plug manufacturer) website. Try putting one polarity hooked from low to high, and the other from high to low. I tried this once and noticed improved balance and coherence beteen drivers.

Experimentation is the best way to find out what sounds best in your particular system, but keep the above concepts in mind.

Best regards,
Jeff Delman
Value Audio
www.value-audio.com