Hand-built in France — usually ships in about 2 weeks.
Esprit gives every AES/EBU cable one plain task: carry the signal from one point to another and take as little from it as possible. An AES/EBU cable cannot add information to what your components extract, the company notes, but a careless design can take some away.
The Esprit Eureka AES/EBU Digital Cable is a 110 ohm digital cable from Esprit's Eureka range. Esprit hand-builds the Eureka AES/EBU cable in Confolens, Charente, in 1 and 1.5 m.
The idea
Esprit sees Eureka as a decisive step, the range in which advanced filtering and stabilization reach every link, the Eureka AES/EBU cable included. Its description of the range mentions very high conductor density, dielectrics chosen to suit each application, and air and Nomex insulation, the framework in which the Eureka AES/EBU cable is built. Eh 200 connectors complete the Eureka AES/EBU cable. Richard Cesari has been making cables since 1996, and the Eureka AES/EBU cable carries three decades of that work.
Made in Confolens
Esprit's team designs and assembles the Eureka AES/EBU cable by hand in its workshop in Confolens, Charente. Richard Cesari insists that assembly counts as much as materials, so each Eureka AES/EBU cable is checked at every stage of the work. The first complete check of the Eureka AES/EBU cable is made by the person who built it, and nothing moves on until it has been validated.
Listening
Esprit promises exceptional silence in operation from the Eureka AES/EBU cable, with greater separation between the planes of the stage, remarkable precision and a rarely reached realism.
Its connectors are Esprit's own Eh 200 type, built around a pure copper body and center pin with 20-micron silver plating, because Esprit designs a connector on the Eureka AES/EBU cable as an extension of the conductor itself. Inside, the Eureka AES/EBU cable uses a five core shielded plus pure silver plus pure copper construction, insulated in polyamide imide rated to thermal class 200°. Esprit specifies the shielding of the Eureka AES/EBU cable as multilayer full shielding, non-floating progressive shielding. Its conductors are pure silver and pure copper, a choice Esprit makes in the Eureka AES/EBU cable for conductivity rather than for show.
Where it fits
The Eureka AES/EBU cable is level 7 of Esprit's nine, above Lumina and below Gaia. The Eureka AES/EBU cable is a 110 ohm cable with XLR connectors, offered in 1 and 1.5 m. Tell us about your components and we'll gladly help you settle on the right Eureka AES/EBU cable. To compare the Eureka AES/EBU cable with its neighbors, browse our Esprit collection.
Specifications
| Range |
Eureka, Generation 10 (GenX), level 7 of 9 |
| Type |
AES/EBU 110 Ohm Digital Cable |
| Sold as |
Single cable |
| Lengths |
1 m (3.3 ft), 1.5 m (4.9 ft) |
| Connection |
XLR (AES/EBU) |
| Connectors |
Esprit Eh 200 connectors: pure copper body and center pin with 20-micron silver plating |
| Impedance |
110 ohm |
| Geometry |
Five core shielded + pure silver + pure copper |
| Conductors |
Pure silver and pure copper |
| Insulation |
Polyamide imide insulation thermal class 200° |
| Shielding |
Multilayer full shielding, non-floating progressive shielding |
| Plating |
20 micron copper/silver multilayer plating |
| Made in |
Confolens, France, assembled entirely by hand |
Questions
How does the Eureka AES/EBU cable differ from the Lumina AES/EBU cable?
The Eureka AES/EBU cable sits one level above the Lumina AES/EBU cable. Compared with the Lumina AES/EBU cable, the Eureka AES/EBU cable uses a five core shielded plus pure silver plus pure copper geometry.
Which connectors does the Eureka AES/EBU cable use?
The Eureka AES/EBU cable uses Esprit Eh 200 connectors, which have a pure copper body and center pin with 20-micron silver plating. Esprit has developed several connector generations so that each range, the Eureka AES/EBU cable included, has an interface matched to it.
What is the Eureka AES/EBU cable used for?
The Eureka AES/EBU cable carries an AES/EBU digital signal between components with XLR digital sockets, such as a transport or streamer and a DAC. The Eureka AES/EBU cable is a 110 ohm cable, the impedance Esprit specifies for this link.
What does the Eureka AES/EBU cable cost?
The Eureka AES/EBU cable is $5,699 for 1 m and $7,149 for 1.5 m. Sales tax is included in the price of the Eureka AES/EBU cable, and we deliver it free anywhere in the USA.
Where is the Eureka AES/EBU cable made, and when will it ship?
Esprit builds every Eureka AES/EBU cable by hand in its workshop in Confolens, France. The Eureka AES/EBU cable usually ships in about 2 weeks, with free delivery anywhere in the USA and sales tax included in the price.
From our boutique to your listening room
HiFi Boutique is an authorized Esprit dealer. Delivery is free anywhere in the USA, and sales tax is included in the price. Hand-built in France — usually ships in about 2 weeks.
