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thanks, and now i remember similar observations about jumper speaker cables too...

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In Reply to: Close observation... posted by Al Sekela on December 8, 2005 at 13:08:02:

for years i have been telling my people to replace the metallic jumper plates (of bi-wirable speakers) with short speaker cables, and cut them with enough length so that the cables are not stretched taut from terminal to terminal. we have constantly observed that taut jumper cables do not sound as good.
to think that some thing like this so simple as powercord arrangements can have such a tremendous effect on a system sound, which incidentally, the degree of audibility is perhaps twice or 3 times as much as the differences one can perceive between sacds and cds.
thanks again.

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Another observation about bi-wire jumpers... - Duster 12:06:35 12/09/05 (3)
Twisting a set of bi-wire jumpers is not beneficial, IMHO. In fact, I prefer to spread the jumpers out from each other, rather than parallel with each other...
- Why use jumper cables at all? - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 03:04:54 12/10/05 (2)
  If the speaker terminal plate is removed, it's far easier to disconnect the internal speaker wire from the rear of the LF terminals and reconnect them to the rear of the HF, meaning the LF terminals are now redundant.
  Surely this is better than even the most esoteric of jumpers?
  
  Best Regards,
  Chris redmond.
  - not always better in my experience - Duster 19:20:34 12/10/05 (0)
    Funny thing is I tried that once with my main system's loudspeakers, and I prefered the presentation via jumpers (strange but true). I now use bi-wire cables in my main system, but I'm using jumpers in my bedroom system with plans to further explore a mod to single posts (it might be loudspeaker dependant).
  - Yup, but many inmates don't know which end of a soldering - Al Sekela 16:14:47 12/10/05 (0)
    iron is the handle, and others would not want to compromise resale value.
You're welcome. Not only jumpers, - Al Sekela 09:33:21 12/09/05 (0)
but main speaker cables show the same effects.
I've found that all audio cables should be supported as carefully as any component. The support should be firm and without acoustic resonances as much as possible. The cables should never be stretched tight.

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