Do better wires really make a difference?

[Sarthos 10+ year member]

I'm running Monster XLN 400 series wires from my stereo to my EQ, but then I'm running a Rockford Fosgate RCA from my head unit to the sub input on the EQ and 1 meter Knukonceptz wires to the amps from there. Some people say that monster cable will make your system sound so much better and louder, etc. but will it really make a difference at a length of 1 meter, or over Rockford wires which are decent anyway?

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[350zspl 10+ year member]

no audible difference

 

[bhsdriller 10+ year member]

no

 

[gotparts90 10+ year member]

as long as they are a good copper and connected together well and ground shielded well you are good to go. monster is overpriced but built ok. They come up with lots of gimmicks like the gay *** tube in the wire and such but not worth getting them unless you happen upon them cheap at a garage sale. (I did)

 

[91Chevy 10+ year member]

It's a marketing scheme that gets all the noobs to spend $60 on RCAs at big retail stores.

 

[Jeepjones85 10+ year member]

I buy walmart rca's not the ones from the car audio dept, but the ones for home

audio with the gold plating. And they seem to work good with out braking the budget...

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

All audio cables reach equal quality at a very low price point.

This means as long as you buy anything higher than complete shit, its of good enough quality to not affect the signal. Shielding might be needed depending on application.

 

[Sarthos 10+ year member]

That's sorta what I thought. Some people swear by their lives that monster cable will make an extreme difference and whatnot. I always figured it was a little stupid, and I've never understood why people will pay hundreds of dollars for cables.

And if people do want to keep bragging about wires and saying "massive 18 gauge wire in our RCAs" why doesn't someone put 16, 14, 12, or something like that gauge in the RCAs and just beat everyone?

 

[Cerberus2k7 10+ year member]

I get all my home audio/video stuff from Monoprice. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif Not sure if they do car stuff though. But yes, Monster is overpriced crap.

 

[91Chevy 10+ year member]

But yes, Monster is overpriced crap.

x10.

I get people going on all the time about how amazing it is. Then I show them my Knu wiring, which is thicker power wire and just as nice, if not nicer RCAs. They shit themselves when we compare prices:crazy:

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

That's sorta what I thought. Some people swear by their lives that monster cable will make an extreme difference and whatnot. I always figured it was a little stupid, and I've never understood why people will pay hundreds of dollars for cables.
And if people do want to keep bragging about wires and saying "massive 18 gauge wire in our RCAs" why doesn't someone put 16, 14, 12, or something like that gauge in the RCAs and just beat everyone?

Larger wires will actually degrade low power signals.

 

[Sarthos 10+ year member]

I actually get the monster power wire for slightly cheaper than the knu power wire (yay for ebay). But I know the monster RCA cables are designed a bit better than the knu RCA cables (emailing the knukonceptz people they did say the monster cables have a better dielectric!), except maybe the exception of the most expensive knu series. But like I thought, it's an infinitesimal difference. I only got monster cables because I'm sorta a dumbass and at some point when I was doing something I pulled on the rockford cables to my 4 channel amp and snapped one of the wires inside of it so time to switch lol.