{"id":5301,"date":"2026-06-07T15:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T13:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/?p=5301"},"modified":"2026-06-07T15:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T13:35:49","slug":"high-end-vienna-2026-esprit-generation-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/en\/hot\/high-end-vienna-2026-esprit-generation-x\/","title":{"rendered":"High End Vienna 2026: Esprit Generation X"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the past few years, Esprit has used the High End trade shows in Munich to launch its own range of speakers. Following the compact Stella and the Amelia floorstanding speakers in 2024 (review VU#54<\/em> FR<\/em>), the more imposing Lisa was added last year (review VU#63 FR<\/em>), still very much present in the demonstration room in 2026, but this time intended primarily to showcase the entire Eureka Gen X cable range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this first \u2018High End\u2019 in Vienna (remember that the former venue for the Munich show was no longer available, having been taken over by BMW), it is once again with cables that the French manufacturer is making its mark. And with good reason: the entire range is moving from G9 to the new Generation X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teased, as you may have seen over the past three months in various media outlets including VUm\u00e8tre, this new series is now making its full debut in Austria, with a few minor changes to the catalogue. Previously comprising 10 series, the range has been streamlined somewhat, whilst still offering the option to purchase Alpha models; however, these feature only minor changes to the finish, albeit with modified enclosures and improved aluminium connectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To fully embrace the Gen X range, however, you should opt for the Beta series, which focuses on the more conventional cables in a system (speakers, interconnect, mains), but completely redesigned to offer not only better connectors but also a new ring (integrated into the distribution section for the speaker cables) and a shielding system where certain elements have been revised, although it retains the fluidity and protection of the partial shielding introduced with Generation 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this upgrade of the Beta series \u2013 one of the most popular since its launch \u2013 the Kappa series is being phased out, whilst the C\u00e9lesta series moves up a notch, whilst also being suitable for all connections: speaker, RCA or XLR interconnect, jumper, S\/PDIF coaxial, AES\/EBU, USB, RJ45 Ethernet and mains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Eterna series now features polarized sheathing on certain models, a feature previously reserved mainly for the Aura series and above (Lumina, Eur\u00eaka, Ga\u00efa), which also see their shielding redesigned and their ferrules and connectors improved. And as has been the case for several years (tests VU#56 & VU#58), L\u2019Esprit remains at the top of the catalogue of the brand created by Richard Cesari, now offering from launch exactly the same cables as the C\u00e9lesta series and above, so if required an RJ45 or an AES, and of course also and above all speaker connection and interconnect models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the past few years, Esprit has used the High End trade shows in Munich to launch its own range of speakers. Following the compact Stella and the Amelia floorstanding speakers in 2024 (review VU#54 FR), the more imposing Lisa was added last year (review VU#63 FR), still very much present in the demonstration room […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":5302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5308,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5301\/revisions\/5308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}