{"id":3758,"date":"2025-08-13T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/?p=3758"},"modified":"2025-05-04T12:56:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T10:56:29","slug":"esprit-aura-g9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/tests\/types\/cables\/esprit-aura-g9\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPRIT Aura G9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Already described with the Beta series (Vum\u00e8tre 44), the 9th generation of Esprit cables continues to take listeners into the realms of ultra-high fidelity, starting with the polarised Eterna range. Above this, the Aura range further develops the substance and precision of the sound elements, adding above all an impressive notion of presence, notably with the Esprit Aura G9. Thanks to this, the music takes centre stage in the listening room, as demonstrated by the contribution of both loudspeaker cables and interconnect cables on a system.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sixth of the ten series offered by Esprit, still run by its creator Richard Cesari, the Aura, like all the others, has recently been upgraded to G9. This generation, which makes the difference with its changes in casing, offers even greater protection against internal and external interference. Like the Beta, the RCA inerconnect cable is made up of 720 pure copper strands with a diameter of 0.08 mm, with a symmetrical electrical structure, but its dielectric part is twisted, with the advantage of better protection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also triple insulation and air shielding, the latter always partial in order to use – as on the entire G9 range – all the possibilities for limiting interference and noise to increase the bandwidth, while letting the unshielded part bring out the suppleness and naturalness of the sound. The result is a superbly balanced sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The XLR interconnect cables, with their 0.24 mm strands, no longer benefit from triple air insulation. They do, however, benefit from polarisation, like the Aura RCAs and all cables from the Eterna range onwards. Polarisation is made possible by a battery built into the sheath in a classy casing. It creates a direct current in the shielding, which at the same time prevents parasitic phenomena such as static electricity or micro-discharges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A small button on each case allows you to press it to see a fine blue light to check that the battery is still charged; it is advisable to change the battery every five to ten years, depending on use. With 10 micron multilayer copper\/silver plating for the RCAs and silver plating on pure copper for the XLRs, the technologies of the Aura series are virtually identical to those of the Eterna or Lumina ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like the Celesta and Eterna, the Aura RCA has an Esprit EH100 connector, while you have to go up to the Lumina to take advantage of the EH200. On the loudspeaker front, the game of seven technological errors can also be played out between the Aura and the Eterna, at least as far as the manufacturer is concerned. Both are made of 1,680 strands of pure copper, have insulation and partial shielding on air, polarisation and a twisted dielectric, the only notable difference being the plating, the Aura having, like the XLR, silver plating on pure copper. However, as you’ll see below, the differences between each series can be seen in a matter of seconds!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The set up<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Added to mid-range and top-of-the-range systems, the Esprit Aura RCA, XLR and HP cables were compared to those of the Beta G9, Celesta G8 and Eterna G8 & G9 ranges. Already very convinced by the naturalness and substance of the Eterna G9 loudspeakers, even on compact speakers such as the Fyne Audio F500 SP or the Atohm GT1, we were able to put them directly in front of the Aura G9, then coupled with the Jern 15H. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, with the help of a colleague – himself a tester – a blind listening protocol was set up, with a sheet in front of the speaker stands to prevent any possibility of seeing which model was being used. Each time, the results seemed obvious to us in less than fifteen seconds, and even flagrant as soon as the music used included a lot of bass. The same protocol was then used to test the interconnect cables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The sound of the Esprit Aura G9<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Very well defined and already very well timbred with the Beta range, especially since the last generation, the sound of a system expands even further when you move up to the Esprit range. The Celesta adds more substance, while the Eterna, especially in the loudspeaker range, further reduces noise and refines the spectrum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Aura range onwards, the world really changes, and this time we reach a high-fidelity level that increases tenfold not only the above-mentioned components (all improved), but above all the presence of the music. With Nick Cave or Astrud Gilberto, the voice is not only more nuanced and precise from the moment it appears: it now comes across as if the artists were face to face with us. This impression enhances the realism and atmosphere of the listening experience, as the music emerges outside the speaker cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The soundstage obviously benefits from this, as it gains in both width and depth, as well as better positioning of all the elements, such as the musicians around the aforementioned artists, all of whom gain in contour, particularly with speakers like the Davis Olympia One Master 35, tested at the same time for this issue. The sound spectrum is wider and more open in the treble, which is less acidic, but also and above all in the bass, which is tighter and much better controlled, particularly in transients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With interconnect cables, everything increases still further, for an even more obvious result with the symmetrical cable compared to the asymmetrical one, the Aura HP-XLR pairing taking sound levels to extremely high levels, with a realism for which it seems incredible that we can go even further, despite the existence of four even higher ranges from Esprit! Between the Atoll ST300 streamer and the Sugden Masterclass HA4 headphone amp, the improvement in sound with both XLR and RCA was just as rapid, always deploying musical quality and precision, at the same time as noise and interference were reduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With the impression of doubling the volume of the loudspeakers as each cable is added, preferably starting with those for the loudspeakers, so as not to create any bottlenecks and to optimise the fluidity of the signal at the last link in the chain, the Aura G9s enthralled us, so much so that we are considering keeping them in our test arsenal in place of the Eterna. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conducted only with lower-priced or equivalent loudspeakers, when we know that the purchase of a pair of 3m (\u20ac4,000) loudspeaker cables is primarily intended for more expensive products, blind listening always produced clear results and perfect versatility with the four loudspeakers tested. On more coherent products (Accuphase, Mark Levinson, Kora), interconnect cables bring the same power to a system, with a slight preference for the symmetrical version (from \u20ac2,600), particularly in the presence it gives to the music!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Author<\/strong>: Vincent Guillemin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technical sheet: ESPRIT Aura G9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Origin<\/strong>: France<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Price <\/strong>:
    • From \u20ac2,270 (RCA; 2 x 0.6 m)<\/li><\/ul>
      • From \u20ac2,600 (XLR; 2 x 0.6 m)<\/li><\/ul>\n
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        • From \u20ac2,870 (HP; 2 x 2 m)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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