Are speaker jumpers worth doing?

[TimJ]

Hi All,

Now i am not on the expensive range of gorgeous gear many have on here... but i am happy with the set up i have. I run Monitor Audio BX5's as my main stereo speakers & as many they are bi wire. I have tried doing bi-wire wires from the Yam Aventage amp & could not tell a difference between them and my chord carnival silverscreen. I just have the standard gold plated type links, should i buy 1m of good speaker cable & make some? is it worth it or only worth it on a much better system? Only asking as i like tweeking :lol::eyebrows: thanks & apologies if its a boring & simple question

[hifi_dave]

Definitely worth doing but they don't have to be made from anything exotic, a bit of 19 strand will do the job.

[TimJ]

thanks for the reply Dave, appreciate it. So deffo worth the change over the standard links then. will get ebaying for some bits to make some. will probably get 1m of the same speaker wire, Chord Carnival silver screen & make it from them

[RobbieGong]

thanks for the reply Dave, appreciate it. So deffo worth the change over the standard links then. will get ebaying for some bits to make some. will probably get 1m of the same speaker wire, Chord Carnival silver screen & make it from them

Yep! The consensus is often to use / try the same cable as your speakers for your jumpers. Whether you like the difference or not is another story ;) I had some Silver Spiral jumpers made up to match the speaker cable and preferred the sound with the standard gold plated jumpers. That said the ones I tried were not made up that great to be honest so I may well give it amother go one day.

[Macca]

I've done this in the past too and I'm not sure I would say it was definately worth it. In fact I could hear no difference over the brass links, or indeed, bi-wiring.

But mileages can vary and it is not time consuming or costly so certainly worth a try.

[mikmas]

I tried it with a new pair of speakers - didn't notice any difference so put the links back on (didn't want to lose them in case I sell them on....)

[TimJ]

hi folks, thanks for the replies. I took a punt, only £20 so nothing to loose really. Ordered 1m of Carnival SS & Nakamichi 24k gold plugs & spades. I already have nice heat shrink and the black covering if i want to put that on as well. See how it goes :thumbsup:

[alan47]

That nice Mr Andrews will sell you a pair of jumper cables for only £2,640,must be good at that price...:lol::mental: You would need a very good set of lugholes to hear the difference between them and your 20 quid ones....:stalks:

[hifinutt]

in my more anal days I spent some months researching the different types of jumpers and their effects
I tried analysis plus , supra , chord signature , vertex , and many others . in the end I preferred the chord signature which are cheap and cost effective but it does make more difference with higher end gear imho

[Michael loves music]

I use bare wire from speakers do banana plugs change the sound ? I've read online ! Thankyou for your help

[TimJ]

Found some basic banana plugs an had some fusual spare wire that my gym set up is running, so had a practise and made some for the monitor BR2's rigged up in there. Not a bad attempt i reckon ��
Ps please can someone explain how to get an ipad to upload the picture the right way up lol! Tried rotating it 180 first then upload but it kept turning it when uploaded, sideways is best i could do ��

[hifi_dave]

Looking good and professional. A cable company would charge you upwards of £200 for those.

[Spectral Morn]

Definitely worth doing but they don't have to be made from anything exotic, a bit of 19 strand will do the job.

I disagree, best results in my experience will be obtained by making links up from the same cable as is used in the main speaker cable runs.


Regards Neil

[hifi_dave]

In an ideal world - yes. What I was saying is that anything is better than a bit of cacky brass strip, gold plated or not.

[TimJ]

Looking good and professional. A cable company would charge you upwards of £200 for those.

thanks! appreciate it, bit of a faff but working well and seem good enough to me! i can not say a massive difference but yes a slightly cleaner sound with these over the cheap brass links i reckon but could be placebo! - scrap that, definitely better when you crank it up! good little cheap mod i reckon. wouldn't pay a fortune for some though!

[hifi_dave]

It's only a small but worthwhile improvement. Not much point in paying good money for a speaker cable and then the signal goes through a whisker of gold plate and brass strip.

[TimJ]

Sorted!
Here they are - carnival silver screen with nakamichi 24k plated plugs & spades. Did not want to put the black mesh type cover over as i like the finish! Will have a listen when i can :thumbsup: