Speaker Jumpers

@mclinnguy I totally agree with you.  Unfortunately Klipsch customer service has this to say.  Are you ready for this nonsensical response?

"Hi Michael. I reached out to our senior technical advisor team and they are saying the speakers are not designed to work that way. The speakers slit wiring between the drivers to allow for bi-ampability, which some people prefer"

Obviously the terminals allow bi-amping. But you don't have to be an engineer to figure out that what can be bridged or jumped on the outside can easily be done on the inside.  

Not surprising. Typical response of any big company. I see the parent company of Klipsch is actually listed on the Nasdaq. And if you touch anything no more warranty. 

Sometimes it is nice to deal with smaller boutique companies. I called up Kubala Sosna a couple of weeks ago and the guy answering the phone was Joe Kubala. Nice to get information from the source. I was actually asking about jumpers coincidentally! 

Today's the day  I'll prove Klipsch's "engineers" wrong. I'm going to open the terminal compartment, disconnect the LF wires from the LF terminal and connect it to the HF/MF terminal. By doing this there is absolutely no need for their metal bridges or expensive jumpers that don't do anything at all other than alter the sound which has been for the worse in my case. SinceI'm not bi-amping,  a second set of terminals is pointless.

Totally agree, makes sense to me. As a long time Magneplanar owner I am well aware of doing speaker modifications to get the most out of what the manufacturer provided us. In some cases Magneplanar even encouraged their owners to experiment with their product, and ended up copying many owners upgrades and the X upgrade was born. Hopefully you don't need to do any soldering and can just flip some o washers from one set to the other. Actually, while you are in there maybe you should rewire them with that Ansuz stuff. 

I removed the terminal cover and was alarmed with what I saw. The wires themselves and worse, the connectors are HORRIBLY cheap.  So I left everything the way they were,  reinstalled the terminal cover and reverted back to the factory metal strips. The Furutech JumperFlux-S jumpers are now for sale! There is no point in upgrading a jumper without upgrading the inner core.  Maybe I should look at an aftermarket crossover.  That said, the Furutech JumperFlux-S are beautifully made and did balance the sound but the sound wasn't for me.