Hand-built in France — usually ships in about 2 weeks.
A new Esprit phono cable begins with patience. Richard Cesari describes the work as testing, listening and starting again, because changing one detail in a phono cable moves the whole balance.
The Esprit L'Esprit Phono Tonearm Cable is a pair of tonearm cables from Esprit's L'Esprit range. Each L'Esprit phono cable is made by hand in Confolens, in France's Charente region, in 1.2 and 1.8 m pairs and three connection types.
Thirty years in one range
Esprit reserves its most ambitious language for the L'Esprit phono cable, calling the range the supreme incarnation of musical emotion, the one that carries the soul closest to the absolute. Thirty years of experience, research, tuning and listening tests culminate in L'Esprit, and the company says the L'Esprit phono cable concentrates every one of its developments. Every improvement in the other Esprit ranges begins with the research done for L'Esprit, which the brand calls both the source and the synthesis of its work, and the L'Esprit phono cable is where that research lives in full.
Made by hand in Confolens
Esprit's team designs and assembles the L'Esprit phono cable by hand in its workshop in Confolens, Charente. Richard Cesari insists that assembly counts as much as materials, so each L'Esprit phono cable is checked at every stage of the work. The first complete check of the L'Esprit phono cable is made by the person who built it, and nothing moves on until it has been validated.
The sound, in Esprit's words
Esprit speaks of the L'Esprit phono cable in terms of emotion rather than measurement, describing each note as a pure moment of ever-renewed musicality. For Richard Cesari, the goal of all this work comes down to one word, music, and the L'Esprit phono cable is where Esprit pursues it furthest.
Its connectors are Esprit's own Eh Ag type, built around a pure copper body with a solid silver center pin and 20-micron silver plating, because Esprit designs a connector on the L'Esprit phono cable as an extension of the conductor itself. For Esprit, a cable such as the L'Esprit phono cable should simply let the system express what it can do.
Choosing your phono cable
The L'Esprit phono cable is level 9 of 9, the summit of the catalog above Gaia. The L'Esprit phono cable is offered RCA to RCA, DIN to RCA or DIN to XLR, in 1.2 and 1.8 m, so check the output of your tonearm and the input of your phono stage. The full Esprit collection shows the L'Esprit phono cable alongside the rest of the family.
Specifications
| Range |
L'Esprit, Generation 10 (GenX), level 9 of 9 |
| Type |
Phono Tonearm Cable |
| Sold as |
Pair |
| Lengths |
1.2 m (3.9 ft), 1.8 m (5.9 ft) |
| Connection |
RCA, DIN or XLR |
| Connectors |
Esprit Eh Ag connectors: pure copper body with a solid silver center pin and 20-micron silver plating |
| Dielectric |
Asymmetrical dielectric |
| Plating |
20 micron copper/silver multilayer plating + center pin in pure silver |
| Made in |
Confolens, France, assembled entirely by hand |
Questions
Which connectors does the L'Esprit phono cable use?
The L'Esprit phono cable uses Esprit Eh Ag connectors, which have a pure copper body with a solid silver center pin and 20-micron silver plating. Esprit has developed several connector generations so that each range, the L'Esprit phono cable included, has an interface matched to it.
Which connection should I order for the L'Esprit phono cable?
The L'Esprit phono cable is made RCA to RCA, DIN to RCA, or DIN to XLR. Look at the socket on your tonearm base and the input on your phono stage, or send us both model names and we will confirm the right L'Esprit phono cable for them.
Why are there so few construction details for the L'Esprit phono cable?
Esprit publishes only a short technical description of the L'Esprit phono cable, and we list only what we can confirm from Esprit's own documents. If you would like to know more about the L'Esprit phono cable, we will gladly pass your question on to Esprit.
What does the L'Esprit phono cable cost?
The L'Esprit phono cable ranges from $18,999 to $24,999 per pair, depending on the options you choose. Sales tax is included in the price of the L'Esprit phono cable, and we deliver it free anywhere in the USA.
Where is the L'Esprit phono cable made, and when will it ship?
Esprit builds every L'Esprit phono cable by hand in its workshop in Confolens, France. The L'Esprit phono 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.
