Hand-built in France — usually ships in about 2 weeks.
A new Esprit speaker jumpers begins with patience. Richard Cesari describes the work as testing, listening and starting again, because changing one detail in a speaker jumpers moves the whole balance.
The Esprit Gaia Speaker Jumpers is a pair of bi-wire jumpers from Esprit's Gaia range. The Gaia speaker jumpers is assembled by hand at Esprit's workshop in Confolens. Like every current Esprit cable, the Gaia speaker jumpers belongs to Generation 10.
Heritage
Esprit calls Gaia the culmination of the technologies it has developed, its most advanced architectures at their highest maturity, and the Gaia speaker jumpers is made in that spirit. Conductor density in the range is very high, built from pure copper strands of differentiated sections and, on some links, solid silver, and the Gaia speaker jumpers draws on that work. Esprit places the Gaia speaker jumpers just before the final step in its catalog, L'Esprit.
By hand, in Charente
In Confolens, Charente, the Gaia speaker jumpers is made the way Esprit has always worked, entirely by hand. Esprit says this hand method lets it control every step of making the Gaia speaker jumpers and keep each one consistent. Each Gaia speaker jumpers then passes two complete inspections, one by its assembler and one at final packing, before it leaves the workshop. It is unhurried work, and the Gaia speaker jumpers is made at its pace.
What you hear
Esprit speaks of extreme transparency, a three-dimensional stage and impressive stability from the Gaia speaker jumpers. Its own summary of the Gaia sound is the finesse of the studio joined to the organic intensity of live music, an aim the Gaia speaker jumpers is built to serve.
A set of Gaia speaker jumpers links the two pairs of terminals on a bi-wire loudspeaker, so it can be driven by a single pair of speaker cables. Esprit builds the Gaia speaker jumpers from pure copper strands plus solid pure silver and pure copper conductors. The connectors of the Gaia speaker jumpers carry silver plating on pure copper, the material Esprit uses for its speaker connectors. Keeping the Gaia speaker jumpers in the same range as the speaker cables keeps one voice from amplifier to driver.
Finding your place in the range
The Gaia speaker jumpers is level 8 of Esprit's nine, above Eureka and below L'Esprit. Choose the Gaia speaker jumpers if your loudspeakers have bi-wire terminals and you are running a single pair of Gaia speaker cables. You can see the Gaia speaker jumpers beside the other Esprit ranges in our Esprit collection.
Specifications
| Range |
Gaia, Generation 10 (GenX), level 8 of 9 |
| Type |
Bi-Wire Speaker Jumpers |
| Sold as |
Pair |
| Connectors |
Esprit connectors |
| Conductors |
Pure copper strands plus solid pure silver and pure copper conductors |
| Shielding |
Unshielded |
| Plating |
Silver plating on pure copper |
| Made in |
Confolens, France, assembled entirely by hand |
Questions
How does the Gaia speaker jumpers differ from the Eureka speaker jumpers?
The Gaia speaker jumpers sits one level above the Eureka speaker jumpers. Compared with the Eureka speaker jumpers, the Gaia speaker jumpers uses pure copper strands plus solid pure silver and pure copper conductors conductors.
Do I need the Gaia speaker jumpers?
You need the Gaia speaker jumpers only if your loudspeakers have bi-wire terminals and you run a single pair of speaker cables. The Gaia speaker jumpers takes the place of the bridging plates or wires supplied with many loudspeakers, so the whole path stays within the Gaia range.
Which speaker cable goes with the Gaia speaker jumpers?
The Gaia speaker jumpers is designed to pair with the Gaia speaker cable, so the signal stays in one Esprit range from amplifier to driver. You can also use the Gaia speaker jumpers with other speaker cables if your loudspeakers have bi-wire terminals.
What does the Gaia speaker jumpers cost?
The Gaia speaker jumpers is $5,899 for 0.3 m per pair. Sales tax is included in the price of the Gaia speaker jumpers, and we deliver it free anywhere in the USA.
Where is the Gaia speaker jumpers made, and when will it ship?
Esprit builds every Gaia speaker jumpers by hand in its workshop in Confolens, France. The Gaia speaker jumpers 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.
