Alex_UK
10-08-2009, 22:18
Hi Everyone,
Until I joined this forum a week ago, I had absolutely no concern about the little bits of metal that join the two sets of speaker terminals on my budget Acoustic Energy Aegis Evo 3 speakers, which I've had about 3 years, and think are great. However after spending many hours trawling this site and other information I am obviosuly now paranoid that I should be getting "jumper leads" to connect the two sets of terminals - something like these Speaker Jumper Leads (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FOUR-AUDIOPHILE-QUALITY-SPEAKER-JUMPER-LEADS-CABLES_W0QQitemZ330350360443QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ Computing_CablesConnectors_RL?hash=item4cea6a777b&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14) - although I'm guessing something like this would be easy to make anyway.
The question is, is it worth doing this, or am I unlikely to notice any difference anyway, given that I am a bit of a cloth ears? I know the answer is try it and see, but another £25 after all the money I've spent this month, or even finding the right spades to fit to a few inches of existng cable would be a hassle if it won't make any difference in my modest system.
Has anyone done this and have a tale to tell?
(BTW, bi-wiring is out of the question with current QED Silver Anniversary cable because it wil just look a mess, I've managed to get the 2 single runs in the gap between carpet and skirting, but another 2 runs will be a mess...)
Until I joined this forum a week ago, I had absolutely no concern about the little bits of metal that join the two sets of speaker terminals on my budget Acoustic Energy Aegis Evo 3 speakers, which I've had about 3 years, and think are great. However after spending many hours trawling this site and other information I am obviosuly now paranoid that I should be getting "jumper leads" to connect the two sets of terminals - something like these Speaker Jumper Leads (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FOUR-AUDIOPHILE-QUALITY-SPEAKER-JUMPER-LEADS-CABLES_W0QQitemZ330350360443QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ Computing_CablesConnectors_RL?hash=item4cea6a777b&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14) - although I'm guessing something like this would be easy to make anyway.
The question is, is it worth doing this, or am I unlikely to notice any difference anyway, given that I am a bit of a cloth ears? I know the answer is try it and see, but another £25 after all the money I've spent this month, or even finding the right spades to fit to a few inches of existng cable would be a hassle if it won't make any difference in my modest system.
Has anyone done this and have a tale to tell?
(BTW, bi-wiring is out of the question with current QED Silver Anniversary cable because it wil just look a mess, I've managed to get the 2 single runs in the gap between carpet and skirting, but another 2 runs will be a mess...)