Audiophiles can't tell the difference between Monster Cable and a coathanger

[JayRich 10+ year member]

this has been known for quite some time. i'm glad more people are realizing this.

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[1loudsuv 10+ year member]

If you are going to say something at least make sense when you do it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

If you can't make sense of it then I am sorry you fail //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

If you can't make sense of it then I am sorry you fail //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

I just want to know the whole story, is that too much to ask?

I could tell you I just did the same test and heard a big difference. But not tell you I used Plastic Coat hangers. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[desertheat 10+ year member]

Joe, even knowing the specs on what they used to test would not matter really, I would have to bet a nice steak dinner that I could do a blind test in your own home with your own equipment and your guesses would be totally random weather kimber, monster or whatever cable was being used compared to a cheap metal coat hanger even with lengths of wire up to 10 feet or even longer. Just the sad facts.

I used to buy mid range cables that were on the edge of my budget thinking the same as many people think that more expensive or better technical babble on a package meant better sound, then I read things about how they do not make a difference and I was like BS, I know I heard a difference. So I started to experiment over and over and found out that I could not tell a $20 RCA from a $200 RCA. I could not hear the difference between silver and copper. I could not hear the difference between ratshack speaker cable & some loaner cable that was about $35 a foot. I must have tried to hear the difference a 150 times on test tracks, music tracks, anything... and notta. That has made me the ABX @hole I am today //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

The only time I ever heard a difference was in a prosound application were we had runs of cable over 100' in length. I was CLEAR to everyone in the room that the 12ga cable vs 18ga cable made a hell of a difference output wise. No idea why we even had the 18ga in that length but it was not cutting it. I just have never heard a difference in short lengths ever. Guess I am definitly no golden ear haha.

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

Well next time you are in Cincinnati call me up and one of us will have to buy a steak dinner... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[desertheat 10+ year member]

Haha I get out that way every now and again, Will do! A free 18oz top serloin sounds great right now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

Haha I get out that way every now and again, Will do! A free 18oz top serloin sounds great right now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Why yes it does... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

Meh, I want a nice 20+ Porterhouse myself. Medium Rare. Yall just made me hungry. Assholes.

 

[Pootie 10+ year member]

Here ya go //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

yummay

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

That steak looks ok... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[MTXman 10+ year member]

I wonder just how far in the car/home stereo world this theory stretches....

*goes and switches all rcas in car with coat hangers* //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/escape.gif.52b661afb17bde1db0e0c7da97e75b38.gif

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

Switzerland? WTF? Hot Coco, Gold, and Cuckoo Clocks.


If you run active it could be picking it up in several places.

Stop bits on a digital sequence... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

no active here. all passive. i forgot to mention this happens to my tv as well. i get the same exact sound in the tv speakers and i pick up the phone and wait for it to ring lol

 

[adam71 5,000+ posts]

I go with mid priced cables these days myself. They may not sound much better than the cheap shit but you can't argue with the build quality and appearance of them. People can say I'm wasting my hard earned cash all they want. Appearance matters in a car audio install. And in home audio as much as I change out equipment I need a cable that will stand the test of time. I have 1 meter pair of Monster Cable RCA interconnects that I paid 200 bucks for back in '95 and I've plugged and unplugged them MANY, MANY times and they're still in great shape. Did I over pay for them?? Yes, of course I did. But only because I bought them because I thought they would make a sound difference. But now that they're 13 years old I think they were worth it for the build quality. Long lasting cables, DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE in the test of time and durability.

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

no active here. all passive. i forgot to mention this happens to my tv as well. i get the same exact sound in the tv speakers and i pick up the phone and wait for it to ring lol

Must be picking up the noise on the ground then.

Do you have nextel by chance? I have only noticed this problem with nextel.

I go with mid priced cables these days myself. They may not sound much better than the cheap shit but you can't argue with the build quality and appearance of them. People can say I'm wasting my hard earned cash all they want. Appearance matters in a car audio install. And in home audio as much as I change out equipment I need a cable that will stand the test of time. I have 1 meter pair of Monster Cable RCA interconnects that I paid 200 bucks for back in '95 and I've plugged and unplugged them MANY, MANY times and they're still in great shape. Did I over pay for them?? Yes, of course I did. But only because I bought them because I thought they would make a sound difference. But now that they're 13 years old I think they were worth it for the build quality. Long lasting cables, DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE in the test of time and durability.

This is very very true. Some people could argue however that you could DIY a cable with the same durability and longevity. But, some people just don't care to do that. I'll pay the money, if I wasn't happy with what I was buying then I would pay the money. If people are perfectly happy with paying $5 for a cable then I am happy for them.