Any alternatives to monoprice in price and quality?

[slayer202]

There was an old thread discussing this but I didn't want to dig it up. Monoprice is holding orders right now until after the holiday and I rather order something now. I've found sites that have cheap prices but the quality of the cables look like garbage compared to monoprice. For all I know though, monoprice cables just look nice and aren't any better, so if thats the case, please let me know. If it matters I'm looking for 2 RCA male to 3.5mm male cables. Picture example comparisons below with monoprice first

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Fry's? I go there when I need relatively cheap stuff. Best Buy and other small shops (not a superstore Fry's style) carry small selection, and I was forced to buy a $36 monster cable once. I regretted not wanting to drive 30 min to a Frys to pick up a $5 cable, but oh well.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Cablesforless has affordable cables too.
http://www.cablesforless.com/p-528-...foot-male-35mm-plug-to-2x-male-rca-plugs.aspx

They have the cheapo versions too
http://www.cablesforless.com/p-133-stereo-splitter-6-inch-male-35mm-plug-to-2x-male-rca-plugs.aspx

What's this for? Are you super concerned about quality?

You could spend 10 times as much and get something from Blue Jeans Cable
http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/audio/index.htm

PartsExpress is another option (not as expensive as Blue Jeans Cable, but still a whole lot more than Monoprice / Cablesforless)
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=181-592

 

[Firetower]

firefold.com

 

[Evadman]

Monoprice has some screwed up weird management if they shut down for the holidays and change warehouses. They should ship from both at minimum, or hire a bunch of folks to run around like chickens to make it happen. Why shut down at the busiest point of the year?

 

[CRXican]

I was going to say firefold as well but I was just looking for the same cable and I think they were out of stock

 

[vshah]

i just bough ta 150ft cat5e cable, and firefold was cheaper than monoprice. very fast shipping too

 

[slayer202]

Cablesforless has affordable cables too.
http://www.cablesforless.com/p-528-...foot-male-35mm-plug-to-2x-male-rca-plugs.aspx

hmm didn't see those before, they look pretty decent. just wondering if 6 ft will be enough...

I don't have a frys around me. Closest thing is a microcenter but they don't have anything cheaper than radio shack, both are $20+ a cable. I guess i'll go with cablesforless, thanks for the link yoyo

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

No problem.

I've ordered a couple things from them.

One order I got was a headphone cable extension and it was wired incorrectly (left and right were swapped). I contacted them and they quickly took care of the issue. So... good prices and good customer service too from my experience.

 

[BoberFett]

Monoprice has some screwed up weird management if they shut down for the holidays and change warehouses. They should ship from both at minimum, or hire a bunch of folks to run around like chickens to make it happen. Why shut down at the busiest point of the year?

Eh, depends on how they're set up. In any distribution system going from one warehouse to two is the hardest jump. Once the procedures are in place for fulfillment from multiple warehouses it's easy to add, but that first one is a bitch. Without proper procedures in place, they'd be begging for double shipments, missed shipments and a general state of chaos. They must have made the decision that it's better to make their customers happy a couple days later than piss off all of their customers right now.

 

[CRXican]

I don't know about this whole "holding orders until after the holiday" business but I do know that I placed MY order on 12/26 at 11:24am and HOLY shitballs my order arrived EARLY today 12/28.

Now to be fair, I'm about an hour drive from them and overnight shipping was cheaper than USPS priority but come on! I ordered Saturday with an expected ship date of 12/28 and instead my cables ARRIVED on 12/28 and I'm talking like 8:30am.

AWESOME!

 

[Kelemvor]

I use Monoprice.com and http://www.trianglecables.com as an alternative.

 

[0roo0roo]

Fry's? I go there when I need relatively cheap stuff. Best Buy and other small shops (not a superstore Fry's style) carry small selection, and I was forced to buy a $36 monster cable once. I regretted not wanting to drive 30 min to a Frys to pick up a $5 cable, but oh well.

yea there are sometimes two cable sections so you have to walk around, the generic cables are cheap.

 

[dud]

"I've found sites that have cheap prices but the quality of the cables look like garbage compared to monoprice."

You answered your own question. Stay with the best ... and be patient.