Esprit Lumina Master Clock Cable – Handmade in France

Richard Cesari compares building a clock cable to following a recipe. You can choose the finest ingredients for a clock cable and still get it wrong, he says, while the right combination gives excellent results.

The Esprit Lumina Master Clock Cable is a BNC cable for master clock links from Esprit's Lumina range. Each Lumina clock cable is made by hand in Confolens, in France's Charente region, in 1 and 1.5 m and in 50 or 75 ohm.

Heritage

Esprit describes Lumina as an uncompromising range, designed to reach a higher level of realism and musical coherence, and the Lumina clock cable shares that brief. Esprit's Eh 200 connectors, with their thick multilayer plating, finish the Lumina clock cable. In the company's words, every Lumina link benefits from an advanced design, and the Lumina clock cable is one of those links. Richard Cesari has been making cables since 1996, and the Lumina clock cable carries three decades of that work.

Made by hand in Confolens

Esprit's team designs and assembles the Lumina clock cable by hand in its workshop in Confolens, Charente. Richard Cesari insists that assembly counts as much as materials, so each Lumina clock cable is checked at every stage of the work. The first complete check of the Lumina clock 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 clock cable as more fluid, dynamic and balanced, with a more stable stage, remarkable articulation and a transparency that reveals the slightest nuance.

The Lumina clock cable uses Esprit's own Eh 200 connectors, fitted to BNC, since Esprit designs a connector as an extension of the conductor itself. Inside, the Lumina clock cable uses a star quad construction, insulated in polyamide imide rated to thermal class 200°. Esprit specifies the shielding of the Lumina clock cable as multilayer full shielding, non-floating progressive shielding. For Esprit, a cable such as the Lumina clock cable should simply let the system express what it can do.

Choosing your clock cable

The Lumina clock cable is level 6 of Esprit's nine, above Aura and below Eureka. Order the Lumina clock cable in 50 or 75 ohm, whichever your equipment specifies, and in 1 and 1.5 m. The full Esprit collection shows the Lumina clock cable alongside the rest of the family.

Specifications

Questions

How does the Lumina clock cable differ from the Aura clock cable?

The Lumina clock cable sits one level above the Aura clock cable. Compared with the Aura clock cable, the Lumina clock cable uses Eh 200 connectors in place of Eh 100 and a star quad geometry.

How does the Eureka clock cable compare with the Lumina clock cable?

The Eureka clock cable is the next level up from the Lumina clock cable. Where it differs from the Lumina clock cable, the Eureka clock cable uses a pure copper and pure silver star-quad geometry.

Which connectors does the Lumina clock cable use?

The Lumina clock cable uses Esprit Eh 200 connectors with BNC. Esprit has developed several connector generations so that each range, the Lumina clock cable included, has an interface matched to it.

Should I choose 50 or 75 ohm for the Lumina clock cable?

Choose the impedance your equipment specifies for that connection; the Lumina clock 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 Lumina clock cable.

What does the Lumina clock cable cost?

The Lumina clock cable is $3,699 for 1 m and $4,599 for 1.5 m. Sales tax is included in the price of the Lumina clock cable, and we deliver it free anywhere in the USA.

Where is the Lumina clock cable made, and when will it ship?

Esprit builds every Lumina clock cable by hand in its workshop in Confolens, France. The Lumina clock 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.