Hand-built in France — usually ships in about 2 weeks.
A new Esprit S/PDIF cable begins with patience. Richard Cesari describes the work as testing, listening and starting again, because changing one detail in an S/PDIF cable moves the whole balance.
The Esprit L'Esprit S/PDIF Coaxial Digital Cable is a coaxial digital cable from Esprit's L'Esprit range. Each L'Esprit S/PDIF cable is made by hand in Confolens, in France's Charente region, in 1 and 1.5 m and in 50 or 75 ohm.
Thirty years in one range
Esprit reserves its most ambitious language for the L'Esprit S/PDIF 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 S/PDIF 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 S/PDIF cable is where that research lives in full.
Made by hand in Confolens
Esprit's team designs and assembles the L'Esprit S/PDIF cable by hand in its workshop in Confolens, Charente. Richard Cesari insists that assembly counts as much as materials, so each L'Esprit S/PDIF cable is checked at every stage of the work. The first complete check of the L'Esprit S/PDIF 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 S/PDIF 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 S/PDIF 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 S/PDIF cable as an extension of the conductor itself. For Esprit, a cable such as the L'Esprit S/PDIF cable should simply let the system express what it can do.
Choosing your S/PDIF cable
The L'Esprit S/PDIF cable is level 9 of 9, the summit of the catalog above Gaia. Order the L'Esprit S/PDIF cable in 50 or 75 ohm, whichever your equipment specifies, and in 1 and 1.5 m. The full Esprit collection shows the L'Esprit S/PDIF cable alongside the rest of the family.
Specifications
| Range |
L'Esprit, Generation 10 (GenX), level 9 of 9 |
| Type |
S/PDIF Coaxial Digital Cable |
| Sold as |
Single cable |
| Lengths |
1 m (3.3 ft), 1.5 m (4.9 ft) |
| Connection |
Coaxial S/PDIF |
| Connectors |
Esprit Eh Ag connectors: pure copper body with a solid silver center pin and 20-micron silver plating |
| Impedance |
50 ohm or 75 ohm |
| 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 S/PDIF cable use?
The L'Esprit S/PDIF 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 S/PDIF cable included, has an interface matched to it.
Should I choose 50 or 75 ohm for the L'Esprit S/PDIF cable?
Choose the impedance your equipment specifies for that connection; the L'Esprit S/PDIF cable is made in both 50 and 75 ohm versions. If the manuals are unclear, send us the model names and we will help you check before you order the L'Esprit S/PDIF cable.
Why are there so few construction details for the L'Esprit S/PDIF cable?
Esprit publishes only a short technical description of the L'Esprit S/PDIF 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 S/PDIF cable, we will gladly pass your question on to Esprit.
What does the L'Esprit S/PDIF cable cost?
The L'Esprit S/PDIF cable is $17,999 for 1 m and $21,999 for 1.5 m. Sales tax is included in the price of the L'Esprit S/PDIF cable, and we deliver it free anywhere in the USA.
Where is the L'Esprit S/PDIF cable made, and when will it ship?
Esprit builds every L'Esprit S/PDIF cable by hand in its workshop in Confolens, France. The L'Esprit S/PDIF 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.
