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Hello Patrick.I have read a few times that the factory supplied metal brakets that connect the bi-wirable posts on my Signum are really lousy for the sound.
I am using Ensemble Megaflux FSF speaker cable. Is it necessary to use Ensemble jumpers, or can I just get a 3" bare copper wire to connect posts, and if so what gauge have you seen work best? When the stereo shops you visit replace these brackers, what do they do it with?
Lastly, if Mr. Serblin doesn't believe in bi-wiring 1st order crossovers, why on earth did they double post the terminals on my Signums?
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Remove the binding post plate from the speakers and check how the internal wires are attached to the posts. If they are attached by clips then simply remove the clips (spades) from the backside of one set of posts and double them up on the other, re-attach plate to speaker and presto; transparency on so many levels.
Hmm nice suggestion! Soldering an internal jumper might also be possible - at least it will remove that extra binding post from the equation.
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The info supplied by C.Graham above obviously indicates this trick is not possible with Sonus Fabers but works well with many other speakers. A decrease in the number of dissimilar materials a signal passes through should decrease the opportunity for signal degradation.
This is what will be best: remove the termination of your ensemble cable and leave a 2.5" or so long bare wire at the speaker end and just pass it through both the Lo and Hi connections. :) Voila - an "unbroken" perfect jumper. Of course I know that probably won't have the heart to mangle that $$$ cable.If having a jumper - the best jumper from the lo to hi is a very thin gauge pure (meaning soft and fragile - not the stiff plated stuff that passes for pure silver in typical audiophile silver cables) silver bare wire, no terminations please (because brass spades and bananas are just as bad as that stock jumper that you will be replacing, maybe worse because there are 4 of them in the signal path).
Or you can just biwire. :)
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Larry Dunn
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Larry Dunn
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Try 2" jumpers of Audio Note AN-SPx, AN-SPz or KSL-SPz for silver. Or KSL-SPc for copper. All these have silky smooth velvety highs.
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do you still like the effect it has on your system? $60 worth a try.As you can tell I'm on to tweaks now that the main system is what I can afford.
Oh yes, I have 3 of those Quantum QRT electroclears. (and perhaps I'll add more hehehe) Much better than my $700 Chang Lightspeed 6400 20AH conditioner.
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Larry-You can easily unscrew the binding post to remove the metal jumpers. Replace them with short runs (3") of whatever cable you like. I have not spent extensive time tweaking with one jumper versus another, but I think any high quality copper cable would be a significant upgrade.
Signum was the last speaker that Mr Serblin designed with bi-wiring as an option. Styles tend to come and go in this business, and I think bi-wire is something which is not as fashionable as it once was.
Best,
Hey, havent seen you post lately. How are ya? Is the Cremona Auditor the replacement for the Signum or EA II? The Cremona Auditor seems to be 1/3 Cremona. Will we see a model that is 2/3 Cremona? Just curious. What's the projected US price for the Cremona Auditor btw?
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Hyperion-Life on the road supporting dealers has been pretty brutal this summer, but I love the work. We just received our first samples of Auditor and Cremona Center a few weeks ago, and details are not entirely concrete. We will be showing both at the CEDIA show in Minneapolis next week, and here is what I do know for sure.
Auditor is not a replacement for Electa Amator II, or Signum, but I'd expect it to be priced somewhere around Signum pricing. There are reliable rumors about a replacement for Electa Amator II, but not in the way that Amator II was an update of Amator I. I would not be suprised to see a 2/3 Cremona as the replacement, with similar pricing to Amator II. Should this all be the case, I think we will see it at CES if anything.
Best,
Men, they sure know how to keep us in suspense... I have been trying so hard to find out the configuration of the center...It has already been in London and Milan, but no one will tell me... :(
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The exact configuration of drivers (size, model etc) I am not sure of, but think of the configuration of Solo Home, with the tweeter integrally mounted in the cabinet (not outboard) flanked by bass drivers and wrapped in a cabinet that looks like Cremona on it's side.
Best,
Thanks Patrick,Thats what I imagined, the Ring Radiator with two midwoofers in a DŽApolito configuration, I wonder mainly the size, and even more important the colour, I hope it is black... so it matches my EAII/Signum setup, or others with Amati or Guarnieri...
The price I donŽt really care, I am sure it is worth it... As the Solo is, but in a different league...
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