If you could get Monster cables the same price as Monoprice cables

[MotionMan]

Maybe the price of Monster Cables will go down a bit now that they don't own a football stadium in San Francisco anymore



MotionMan

 

[Captante]

I actually have some Monster stuff I got at cost years ago ... at the price I paid theres nothing wrong with it, but I wouldn't pay any premium at all over Monoprice unless you enjoy getting ripped off.

 

[Midnight Rambler]

IMHO, the "Cables to Go" brand HDTV cable kits are the best deal around, esp. when you can catch them on BUY.CON with rebate and free shipping.

I bought one of each of their kits, 6ft. and 12ft., for $23 and $26 respectively, AR.

The kits include ...

1.) S-Video cable
2.) Component video cable
3.) RCA-type Audio+video combo cable
4.) RCA audio cable
5.) HDMI cable (5m long in the 12ft kit, FYI)
6.) TOSLINK optical
7.) HDMI to DVI adapter

All cables are very high quality, heavily shielded, and have gold plated connectors.

 

[jterrell]

I have a few monster cables from my first home theater build and they still work but they do not work any better than the monoprice cables I purchase now.

I have exclusively monoprice cables going from my ps3 and receiver into a projector and it throws a wonderful image and carries great sound.

Monster cables definitely work but the important aspect is gauge versus length not namebrand. I'd rather have thicker cables from monoprice versus the a namebrand version at the same cost points.

But as mentioned above if they were the same price and I could take a set home as opposed to a 4 day wait on mail it would be a no brainer.

 

[Kenmitch]

Monster cables=B*** rape at retail prices

 

[Oyeve]

Monster is the Bose of cable. Premium cost for crap. Well, not crap, but definately WAY overpriced for what it is.

 

[SlickSnake]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: NamelessMC
Thread question.

I work at Best Buy so I (And I alone, don't PM me to get you stuff) can get cables for a pretty nice discount, especially since I work in home theater.

I've heard of people tearing apart HDMI cables from Monster and finding weak solder points. I know digital cables carry a digital signal so it doesn't make a difference if they're Monster or Jose's Burrito brand.

My real question is whether they're worth the $15-20 extra over these cables:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol...oduct&id=1156607167930

I've purchased Rocketfish optical cables and coaxial cables in the near past and I have to say, the quality of the cable, the mesh shield and quality of the sound has been stellar.

My question is whether or not Monoprice cables are better when you're spending budget money.

And yes I know speaker cable is important to get a good brand of. I have Monster Cable Navajo XP speaker wire.

Where did you hear that? Provided the wire is oxygen free it won't matter at all(sound quality wise) what brand you bought.

Oxygen-free is irrelevant. Makes no difference at all.
Great read from a man who knows more about speakers and stereo equipment than most anyone

I've read that site before. I agree that it doesn't make a difference in conductivity initially. However, if that wire begins to corrode(which there have been pictures of generic home depot wire doing) then it will make a difference.

I am not advocating buying amazingly super-duper speaker wire. There is quality speaker wire out there that won't corrode for very very cheap.

Presumably, oxygen free would help to retard corrosion. But there is evidence that the material of the jackets can accelerate corrosion of the copper. I have some Radio Shack speaker wires from about 30 years ago, in a clear jacket (well it once was clear) that are completely corroded, and in some spots you can't even see the wire anymore, it's just a green glob in the jacket. It was obvious when I upgraded to Z1 series wire that there was a noticable increase in the volume of sound from the surround speakers over a 25 foot run. I had to recalibrate the surrounds after the upgrade.

I got my Z1 for 50 cents per foot for a 250 foot roll. Retails for $2.50 a foot.

I also had to recalibrate my 2 subs after a similar wire upgrade with Zbass100 after using old RCA cables for it. However, I could not see inside the RCA style cable jackets, but I suspect they were corroded as well.

I got the 12 foot Zbass100 for $50 each, retails for $100 for their best Z series sub cable.

That's the problem with buying a cheap cable with a jacket that is not clear. You have no idea what that copper looks like for the length of the cable when it starts to corrode. And the corrosion can occur very rapidly if a chemical reaction is involved with the jacket material.

And based on that, I would get a lifetime warranty cable like Monster over a Monoprice one
anytime. You can usually find Monster for about the same price as Monoprice just doing a little web searching, too.

 

[imported_Mike]

Why not? The main complaint about MC is that it isn't any better then any other manufacture. If you're getting it for the same price as the other manufacture's, then why not? You can resell it later to someone that believes in the hype.