Jumpers are not the answer. If you want the speakers to sound how they were engineered to sound, you must bi-wire them. ..that means - to do it properly, you need separate cables for the top half, and for the bottom half. If money is an issue, and in fact if you can afford the most expensive cables, go to "Anti-Cables" website, and for nearly no cost, get a real bi-wire setup.
WBT Power Bridges or Dayton Jumpers?
Doh! I just realized after months of testing that neither of my 2 pairs of Monitor Audio speakers that I bought here on Audiogon has their brass jumper bridges between their two sets of binding posts. Imagine the embarrasment/surprise finding out all this time I have been neglecting the bottom mid-woofer of my S10's. Better late than never, though, I suppose. The guy who I bought them from didn't have them bi-wired either...
So now, I'm faced with the task of trying to find suitable speaker jumpers. Just so you know, I've already bought 2 pairs of WBT 0725Cu's for $17 each, way too much for little pieces of copper in my opinion. This thread is about better options.
I tried looking for the original brass strips; no luck. I've read that pure copper does better than the stock brass ones, only to discover they were advertising these flimsy copper strips for $500 each!! True audiophile gear, I'd say (sarcasm...) Then I came about 1"-2" jumper cables from various cable companies like Cardas... $100+! Finally, there are these little gadgets like the ones listed in the title, and another by Cardas for about $15. I can't help but wonder if these things would fit binding posts of all different sizes, but I'll find out in 2 days when it ships.
Do you guys have any hints?
So now, I'm faced with the task of trying to find suitable speaker jumpers. Just so you know, I've already bought 2 pairs of WBT 0725Cu's for $17 each, way too much for little pieces of copper in my opinion. This thread is about better options.
I tried looking for the original brass strips; no luck. I've read that pure copper does better than the stock brass ones, only to discover they were advertising these flimsy copper strips for $500 each!! True audiophile gear, I'd say (sarcasm...) Then I came about 1"-2" jumper cables from various cable companies like Cardas... $100+! Finally, there are these little gadgets like the ones listed in the title, and another by Cardas for about $15. I can't help but wonder if these things would fit binding posts of all different sizes, but I'll find out in 2 days when it ships.
Do you guys have any hints?