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RobbieGong
13-01-2018, 21:36
Any recommendations for some top quality speaker jumpers for not daft money ? Seen silver ones but big bucks ......
agk
13-01-2018, 23:19
Go bare wire at both ends and use your existing cable is my "reco".
JimC
14-01-2018, 00:34
Go bare wire at both ends and use your existing cable is my "reco".

+1
hifi_dave
14-01-2018, 10:12
If you have any bits of speaker cable lying around, you can easily make jumpers from that. Which ever cable it is, it will sound better than the brass strips usually supplied by the speaker companies.
Dickchy
14-01-2018, 11:30
Hi Robbie,
I have a pair of Chord Carnival Silver Plus doing nothing as my new speakers are single wire only. Spade to banana. £20. PM me if interested.

Richard
RobbieGong
20-01-2018, 12:00
Hi Robbie,
I have a pair of Chord Carnival Silver Plus doing nothing as my new speakers are single wire only. Spade to banana. £20. PM me if interested.

Richard

Meant to say thanks for the kind offer Richard but decided to go with some Chord signature jumpers which I'm yet to try.
Dickchy
20-01-2018, 12:03
No problem Robbie. Good luck with the new gear.
RobbieGong
20-01-2018, 12:34
The Chord signature jumpers have arrows on https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=chord+signature+speaker+jumpers&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiunPiSxebYAhXpKcAKHYcdCpkQ_AUICygC&biw=1920&bih=949#imgrc=jUXTPU7lO-MqfM:

Do the directional arrows matter with jumpers ? somehow I doubt it - I'm looking to go spade end for HF upper speaker posts and banana plugs into LF lower speaker posts......
Sherwood
20-01-2018, 12:43
I agree with the bare wire approach. My Reference 3a De Capos do not have a crossover but the two drivers have their own connectors. I use them with bare cable by strippng off 3" of insulator and then adding a bit of shrink wrap so that the cable is only exposed where it passes through the binding posts. A little bit of solder at the tips of the cable stop it from unravelling. Sorted. Much better than the heavy duty copper bars that are fitted as jumpers.

Geoff
hifi_dave
21-01-2018, 15:27
The Chord signature jumpers have arrows on https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=chord+signature+speaker+jumpers&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiunPiSxebYAhXpKcAKHYcdCpkQ_AUICygC&biw=1920&bih=949#imgrc=jUXTPU7lO-MqfM:

Do the directional arrows matter with jumpers ? somehow I doubt it - I'm looking to go spade end for HF upper speaker posts and banana plugs into LF lower speaker posts......

I've got some Chord Odyssey going spare, which I can make up into bare ended jumpers. Just donate a couple of Quid to Cancer Research and I'll send them to you.
Sparker242
28-01-2018, 21:21
Funnily enough I've just got a set of these jumpers off eBay.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/122046305758
Made with Van Damme 4mm cable.
Seem to be well made and for £15 saves me the bother of making some myself.

Do they make my speakers sound better?
Maybe...
I think so....

Well anyway, I had fun playing records testing them out.
:)
RobbieGong
28-01-2018, 21:27
Ended up with Chord Signature jumpers - very very pleased with them. Wernt cheap but quality item and defo seems to be a layer of hash removed.

As I say, not cheap but quality and highly recommended by this man :)