Jumper Cables - use the stock or should they be upgraded ?


........a quick question to the Audiogon group ; should the '' stock supplied '' jumper cables be upgraded if you do not plan to bi-wire ? Also, will it really make a sonic improvement ? Thank you in advance.     
garebear
I agree with viridian.
Also, you can easily make your own jumpers out of the many bulk speaker cable or hook-up wires available.  Put a spade connector on one end and a banana on the other so you can attach them without interference from your speaker cables, regardless of whether your speaker cables use spades or bananas.
Finally, if you plan to keep the speakers for a long while, consider removing the binding post plate and soldering the cables to a single pair of binding posts for the best connection, then no jumpers are required.  
I have found that good quality jumpers sound much better than the stock jumper

I would use one run of the best speaker cable I could afford, and a jumpers made by the same manufacturer, rather than bi-wire cable of a lesser quality and no jumpers
I have used the Nordost  Reference Bi-Wire Jumpers and they were a major upgrade over stock jumpers... without doubt. The quality of the speakers you own... and your ears... will benifit highly.

With that said... I now bi-wire my system with identical speaker runs. My opinion is if your speakers have high resolving power...go with bi-wiring. Its a much more expensive proposition ... but the sound quality improves dramatically.  my 2 cents.
.....the current speakers cables are the Cardas Clear Beyond and a 2.5 meter pair were almost 5 figures......ouch. They took me awhile to pay off. I will check with Cardas as getting another run of those speaker cables in order to bi- wire is out of the price range. I will check with them to see what jumpers they have or would you run / use another company's ????