Hand-built in France — usually ships in about 2 weeks.
Richard Cesari often reminds listeners that the signal in an AES/EBU cable is fragile. Wi-Fi, phones and power supplies can all disturb it, and in a resolving system, he says, such details around an AES/EBU cable become enormous.
The Esprit Lumina AES/EBU Digital Cable is a 110 ohm digital cable from Esprit's Lumina range. Each Lumina AES/EBU cable is made by hand in Confolens, in France's Charente region, in 1 and 1.5 m.
Heritage
Esprit describes Lumina as an uncompromising range, designed to reach a higher level of realism and musical coherence, and the Lumina AES/EBU cable shares that brief. Esprit's Eh 200 connectors, with their thick multilayer plating, finish the Lumina AES/EBU cable. In the company's words, every Lumina link benefits from an advanced design, and the Lumina AES/EBU cable is one of those links. Richard Cesari has been making cables since 1996, and the Lumina AES/EBU cable carries three decades of that work.
Made by hand in Confolens
Esprit's team designs and assembles the Lumina AES/EBU cable by hand in its workshop in Confolens, Charente. Richard Cesari insists that assembly counts as much as materials, so each Lumina AES/EBU cable is checked at every stage of the work. The first complete check of the Lumina AES/EBU cable is made by the person who built it, and nothing moves on until it has been validated.
How it sounds
Esprit describes the sound of the Lumina AES/EBU cable as more fluid, dynamic and balanced, with a more stable stage, remarkable articulation and a transparency that reveals the slightest nuance.
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 Lumina AES/EBU cable as an extension of the conductor itself. Inside, the Lumina AES/EBU cable uses a five core shielded construction, insulated in polyamide imide rated to thermal class 200°. Esprit specifies the shielding of the Lumina AES/EBU cable as multilayer full shielding, non-floating progressive shielding.
Choosing your AES/EBU cable
The Lumina AES/EBU cable is level 6 of Esprit's nine, above Aura and below Eureka. The Lumina AES/EBU cable is a 110 ohm cable with XLR connectors, offered in 1 and 1.5 m. If you would like a second opinion on the Lumina AES/EBU cable for your system, we're happy to talk it through. The full Esprit collection shows the Lumina AES/EBU cable alongside the rest of the family.
Specifications
| Range |
Lumina, Generation 10 (GenX), level 6 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 |
| 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 Lumina AES/EBU cable differ from the Aura AES/EBU cable?
The Lumina AES/EBU cable sits one level above the Aura AES/EBU cable. Compared with the Aura AES/EBU cable, the Lumina AES/EBU cable uses Eh 200 connectors in place of Eh 100 and a five core shielded geometry.
How does the Eureka AES/EBU cable compare with the Lumina AES/EBU cable?
The Eureka AES/EBU cable is the next level up from the Lumina AES/EBU cable. Where it differs from 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 Lumina AES/EBU cable use?
The Lumina 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 Lumina AES/EBU cable included, has an interface matched to it.
What is the Lumina AES/EBU cable used for?
The Lumina 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 Lumina AES/EBU cable is a 110 ohm cable, the impedance Esprit specifies for this link.
What does the Lumina AES/EBU cable cost?
The Lumina AES/EBU cable is $3,799 for 1 m and $4,799 for 1.5 m. Sales tax is included in the price of the Lumina AES/EBU cable, and we deliver it free anywhere in the USA.
Where is the Lumina AES/EBU cable made, and when will it ship?
Esprit builds every Lumina AES/EBU cable by hand in its workshop in Confolens, France. The Lumina 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.
