Speaker Jumper Length

Poolgod69
Poolgod69 Posts: 184
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Aloha,

I hope all is well with you. I am wanting to make some speaker jumpers. Why, because I just want too. What lebgth do you recommend? I am guestimating about 8-10 imches should suffice. Your thoughts?

Brian
Marantz SR 5010
Kenwood DR-V5070
Polk RTi A9- Mains
CSI A6- Center
Elemental Designs A2-300 Subwoofer
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,722
    Depends on the speaker cable you use. Some stuff bends easy, some doesn't.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,055
    I have premade xlo jumpers that are stiff and not much longer than 6 inches. If that.
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  • Derm
    Derm Posts: 95
    Happy New Year everyone!
    Rather than start a new thread I thought I would piggy back on this one for relevance.

    I want to make my own cable jumpers as well and figure 6-8 inches is ideal for my application (depending on flexibility of the cable).

    What would be an ideal cable gauge to use for the jumpers?
    I have read online that the jumpers should be matched in gauge to the speaker cables but that thought was not universal so I wanted to see what the consensus is here.

    Thanks for any feedback
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Hell the jumpers I made are less than 4 inches. I dont see any reason to go any longer than distance and flexibility dictate.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,649
    edited January 2017
    consensus here make them out of the same stuff your speaker cable is made out of.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,722
    Same cable as your speaker cable and whatever length is required.
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    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • gp4jesus
    gp4jesus Posts: 1,990
    Keep it simple. Use the same as those connecting your AVR, keep them short as practical.

    Enjoy
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