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Thread: Are Monster Cables worth the expensive price? |
    
New member Username: Nlf1187
Post Number: 1
Registered: Aug-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - 05:16 pm: |
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I have a projection hdtv and a progressive scan dvd player, but no component cables. I'm in the hunt for cables and have come to realize that Monster Cables seem to cost a lot, but say they are the best of the best. Are Monster Cables really worth the expensive price? |
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Bronze Member Username: Brazilian
Sao Paulo,
SP
Brasil
Post Number: 18
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 08:08 am: |
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Monster is just one of the endless companies specialized in cables. I use Monster CV1000 (M series) but if you go to the core line I think you will be OK. Consider spending 10% of your system investiment in cables and try to reduce the distance between your modules to avoid interference. If you look in British magazines like What Hi-Fi ? You will find the various type of cables ranking there. Does anyone knows an American paper that also rank cables ? I evolved to CV1000 because I`ve read that silver coated cables are better to video signals and in fact, I can`t complain. And when you see companies like Van Den Hull, Kinber, Siltech etc selling cables for a Hi-End system`s price, I stick with Monster line and buy more DVDs ! |
Silver Member Username: Elitefan1
Post Number: 564
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 09:00 am: |
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I think 10% is way more than neccesary for cables,interconnects etc. If you are wanting a good quality component cable at a fair price check out the Phoenix Gold 500 and 600 series at Crutchfield. I don't usually recommend them as their prices are very high but these are the exception. Excellent performance at way less than Monster. I use the 500 series s-video, audio and component on a direct view tv and they are great. If you have a big screen the 600 series are probably the right choice. |
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| Posted on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 11:18 am: |
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Acoustic Research cables work well in my home theater.
I use more expensive cables in my music only stereo system, as the quality of the sound is more critical there.
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johnqpixel Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 01:44 pm: |
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source of endless discussion and disagreement.
see link at
http://www.hdtvoice.com/voice/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4664 |
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| Posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 11:55 pm: |
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I work for an online-retailer, we sell Monster Cable. OUR employee-discounted price (I don't actually work AT Monster Cable) is at a 60% discount, and I can promise you that they still make money.
I am just pointing out that there is HUGE markup in this stuff, it is not as high-tech as they market it to be. It is all about ingenious marketing.
The cables might be slightly better than "no-name" cables, but definately not in correlation to the price. |
Silver Member Username: John_s
Columbus,
Ohio
US
Post Number: 190
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - 07:59 am: |
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Check out an interesting thread on this forum's home page on audio cables. |
New member Username: Ohms
London,
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Canada
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Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 02:12 am: |
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does not Acoustic Research also put out the Advent line of cables as well?makes you wonder what,s really worth the price! |
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| Posted on Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 01:54 pm: |
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I work for a major electronics retail chain, and this is a question we get asked often.
All things being equal, one TYPE of cable will be significantly better than another. For example, component video (red, green, blue) is significantly better that composite (yellow). Better color, not as much noise, etc. Is Monster better than no-name x-brand cables? Negligably so...and thats if were comparing the cheapest no-name cables to the most expensive Monster cables, and were doing the comparison on a big screen TV where small improvments are more noticable. Is it worth the HUGE price difference? No.
But then again, in any given type of cable, Monster has several incriments, from cheap to expensive. Component cables go anywhere from $29.99 to $99.99 (US). The differences? Technically, there are a few, but its mainly marketing.
Hence, expensive Monster cables are the "bottled water" of retail electronics. |
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