Hand-built in France — usually ships in about 2 weeks.
Richard Cesari compares building an S/PDIF cable to following a recipe. You can choose the finest ingredients for an S/PDIF cable and still get it wrong, he says, while the right combination gives excellent results.
The Esprit Lumina S/PDIF Coaxial Digital Cable is a coaxial digital cable from Esprit's Lumina range. Each Lumina 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.
Heritage
Esprit describes Lumina as an uncompromising range, designed to reach a higher level of realism and musical coherence, and the Lumina S/PDIF cable shares that brief. Esprit's Eh 200 connectors, with their thick multilayer plating, finish the Lumina S/PDIF cable. In the company's words, every Lumina link benefits from an advanced design, and the Lumina S/PDIF cable is one of those links. Richard Cesari has been making cables since 1996, and the Lumina S/PDIF cable carries three decades of that work.
Made by hand in Confolens
Esprit's team designs and assembles the Lumina S/PDIF cable by hand in its workshop in Confolens, Charente. Richard Cesari insists that assembly counts as much as materials, so each Lumina S/PDIF cable is checked at every stage of the work. The first complete check of the Lumina S/PDIF 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 S/PDIF 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 S/PDIF cable as an extension of the conductor itself. Inside, the Lumina S/PDIF cable uses a star quad construction, insulated in polyamide imide rated to thermal class 200°. Esprit specifies the shielding of the Lumina S/PDIF cable as multilayer full shielding, non-floating progressive shielding.
Choosing your S/PDIF cable
The Lumina S/PDIF cable is level 6 of Esprit's nine, above Aura and below Eureka. Order the Lumina 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 Lumina S/PDIF cable alongside the rest of the family.
Specifications
| Range |
Lumina, Generation 10 (GenX), level 6 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 200 connectors: pure copper body and center pin with 20-micron silver plating |
| Impedance |
50 ohm or 75 ohm |
| Geometry |
Star quad |
| 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 S/PDIF cable differ from the Aura S/PDIF cable?
The Lumina S/PDIF cable sits one level above the Aura S/PDIF cable. Compared with the Aura S/PDIF cable, the Lumina S/PDIF cable uses Eh 200 connectors in place of Eh 100 and a star quad geometry.
How does the Eureka S/PDIF cable compare with the Lumina S/PDIF cable?
The Eureka S/PDIF cable is the next level up from the Lumina S/PDIF cable. Where it differs from the Lumina S/PDIF cable, the Eureka S/PDIF cable uses a pure copper and pure silver star-quad geometry.
Which connectors does the Lumina S/PDIF cable use?
The Lumina S/PDIF 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 S/PDIF cable included, has an interface matched to it.
Should I choose 50 or 75 ohm for the Lumina S/PDIF cable?
Choose the impedance your equipment specifies for that connection; the Lumina 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 Lumina S/PDIF cable.
What does the Lumina S/PDIF cable cost?
The Lumina S/PDIF cable is $3,699 for 1 m and $4,599 for 1.5 m. Sales tax is included in the price of the Lumina S/PDIF cable, and we deliver it free anywhere in the USA.
Where is the Lumina S/PDIF cable made, and when will it ship?
Esprit builds every Lumina S/PDIF cable by hand in its workshop in Confolens, France. The Lumina 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.
