Are monster cables worth the price?

[fLum0x]

I have feedback from 3 friends that have monster cables and 2 said they noticed a difference and 1 said he didn't. Check this out

Discuss and poll!

 

[Gibson486]

no.

 

[rh71]

Don't ever ask this question on a tech forum

Short answer, unless you're an audiophile and care, they effectively perform the same as most generic cables... so no.

 

[fLum0x]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
no.

do explain.

 

[Garet Jax]

absolutely

 

[BudAshes]

anyone that votes yes is just messing with you.

 

[uhohs]

absolutely if you crap gold and light your humidors with 100dollar bills.

 

[tfinch2]

YES THEY ARE WORTH EVERY PENNY

 

[Phoenix86]

No.

They are worth at least 2-3x the price. Maybe quadruple.

 

[shortspanishguy]

I have compared monster to radioshack and there is no audible difference. psychoacoustics FTL.

 

[engineereeyore]

I say yes, but only on certain systems. Using monster cables with you $200 cheap-ole Sony surround sound system (that's mine) just doesn't make much sense. I really like them, and think they do make a difference, but I'd never use/buy them unless I had a much better system than my current on. Or a better T.V.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

I used to be a Monster dealer. Their QC sucks. We ran with them for about a year and dumped them. The worst cable company on the planet as far as I'm conderned. The Bose of wire.

For higher end cables I recommend:
Straight Wire
MIT
Audiostream
There are a lot of good companies out there. Monster isn't one of them.

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: fLum0x

Originally posted by: Gibson486
no.

do explain.

Text

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86
No.

They are worth at least 2-3x the price. Maybe quadruple.

Absolutely. You should buy them at full price and make the difference on ebay...

 

[Tiamat]

bluejeanscables for the win.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: fLum0x

Originally posted by: Gibson486
no.

do explain.

What matters is the gauge of the wire. Almost everything else you do the cable will not really matter and if it does it will hardly be noticable. Monster puts "expensive" material on their cables (such as gold plated leads that offer "better" conductivity) to charge 20x the amount just because the one material is there.

 

[jtvang125]

Yes, because I heard they use 110% oxygen free copper, plastic incasing approved by NASA, and using twisted and braided wire design to eliminate all types of interference.

 

[Howard]

I would buy quality cables. Price really has nothing to do with it.

 

[iRONic]

Originally posted by: uhohs
absolutely if you crap gold and light your humidors with 100dollar bills.

Do you roll your own humidors?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: uhohs
absolutely if you crap gold and light your humidors with 100dollar bills.

Why on earth would you light a humidor?

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
I used to be a Monster dealer. Their QC sucks. We ran with them for about a year and dumped them. The worst cable company on the planet as far as I'm conderned. The Bose of wire.

For higher end cables I recommend:
Straight Wire
MIT
Audiostream
There are a lot of good companies out there. Monster isn't one of them.

/thread

 

[Journer]

once and for all... www.monoprice.com monster and the like will do nothing for you

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: uhohs
absolutely if you crap gold and light your humidors with 100dollar bills.

Why on earth would you light a humidor?

He's so rich, he just sets the whole humidor of cigars on fire and inhales the smoke.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: engineereeyore
I say yes, but only on certain systems. Using monster cables with you $200 cheap-ole Sony surround sound system (that's mine) just doesn't make much sense. I really like them, and think they do make a difference, but I'd never use/buy them unless I had a much better system than my current on. Or a better T.V.

You could have just said, "I don't know" and saved us all the trouble of having to read that.

 

[cubby1223]

Monster Cables are alright if they're maybe a buck or two more than the alternatives and if I really don't feel like spending the next hour bargain shopping for every last penny of savings.