Jumper Cables? Really?
I'm sitting here shaking my head. My speakers can be tri-wired and I've tried bi-wire configurations with both MIT MA-X SHD and Nordost Odin speaker cables. After some experimentation, I found I preferred a single or shot gun configuration and using the Sonus Faber supplied jumper cables. Quality jumpers to be sure, 8 banana to spade well built cables. I also had some Kubala Sosna Elation jumpers built a couple of years ago and have tried those on The Sonus Fabers. They were different, not necessarily better but I've mostly preferred to use the Sonus Faber jumpers to this point.
Last week I asked my dealer to see if he could get Nordost to supply a set of Odin jumpers for demo purposes. I wasn't expecting much but wanted to see how matching Odin jumpers with the Odin speaker cable would work out. I figured I'd listen for a week and send them back. Wrong! I keep looking at the back of the speakers like something is going on back there. As if things weren't already sounding great, the addition of the Odin jumpers has made things significantly better. No, not different, better! More weight, even tighter, better defined bass, voices have more of a you are there quality. I've never heard the mids so silky smooth but alive and the top end is phenomenal. Clarity, soundstage front to back, side to side is much improved and image placement is so good that I'm left sitting here shaking my head.
From jumper cables? All be it very expensive jumper cables, but I don't see how I can let them out of the house, they're that good.
I only wish I could squeeze all of the "all cables are the same" set into my room to hear this.