Hand-built in France — usually ships in about 2 weeks.
Richard Cesari likes to say that a speaker cable is not a piece of jewelry. Esprit is not trying to impress the eye, and the goal is for the speaker cable to disappear once the music begins.
The Esprit L'Esprit Speaker Cable is a pair of loudspeaker cables from level 9 of Esprit's nine ranges. Each L'Esprit speaker cable is made by hand in Confolens, in France's Charente region, in 2, 2.5, 3 and 4 m pairs with banana or spade terminations.
“L’Esprit speaker cables and interconnects reproduce music smoothly, and deliver the streams of music across the entire frequency spectrum with feather-light ease.”
— Matej Isak, Mono & Stereo, reviewing the previous-generation L'Esprit XLR and speaker cables (2024)
Thirty years in one range
Esprit reserves its most ambitious language for the L'Esprit speaker 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 speaker 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 speaker cable is where that research lives in full.
Made by hand in Confolens
Esprit's team designs and assembles the L'Esprit speaker cable by hand in its workshop in Confolens, Charente. Richard Cesari insists that assembly counts as much as materials, so each L'Esprit speaker cable is checked at every stage of the work. The first complete check of the L'Esprit speaker 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 speaker 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 speaker cable is where Esprit pursues it furthest.
Esprit explains that a larger conductor section lowers resistance, which matters in a L'Esprit speaker cable because speaker links carry significant current. In listening, the company says, that lower resistance tends to bring a quieter background, firmer bass and freer dynamics from the L'Esprit speaker cable. For Esprit, a cable such as the L'Esprit speaker cable should simply let the system express what it can do.
Choosing your speaker cable
The L'Esprit speaker cable is level 9 of 9, the summit of the catalog above Gaia. Pairs of the L'Esprit speaker cable come in 2, 2.5, 3 and 4 m, with banana or spade terminations, so measure the run from amplifier to speaker and allow a little slack. The full Esprit collection shows the L'Esprit speaker cable alongside the rest of the family.
Specifications
| Range |
L'Esprit, Generation 10 (GenX), level 9 of 9 |
| Type |
Speaker Cable |
| Sold as |
Pair |
| Lengths |
2 m (6.6 ft), 2.5 m (8.2 ft), 3 m (9.8 ft), 4 m (13.1 ft) |
| Connectors |
Banana or spade, by Esprit |
| Made in |
Confolens, France, assembled entirely by hand |
Questions
Banana or spade: which termination should I choose for the L'Esprit speaker cable?
The L'Esprit speaker cable is offered with banana or spade terminations made by Esprit, at the same price. Choose whichever your amplifier and loudspeaker terminals accept most securely, or send us the model names and we will check them for the L'Esprit speaker cable.
Why are there so few construction details for the L'Esprit speaker cable?
Esprit publishes only a short technical description of the L'Esprit speaker 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 speaker cable, we will gladly pass your question on to Esprit.
What does the L'Esprit speaker cable cost?
The L'Esprit speaker cable is $59,999 for 2 m, $67,499 for 2.5 m, $74,999 for 3 m and $89,999 for 4 m per pair. Sales tax is included in the price of the L'Esprit speaker cable, and we deliver it free anywhere in the USA.
Where is the L'Esprit speaker cable made, and when will it ship?
Esprit builds every L'Esprit speaker cable by hand in its workshop in Confolens, France. The L'Esprit speaker 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.
