Seperate Rca's or 1 6 channel

[07BronzeFuz 10+ year member]

Guys, I am getting ready to get some rcas' I have found these stinger pros'

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=350189194296

and these monster ones

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=310135481061

For about 40 bucks would you go this way or 3 runs of singles. I am trying to keep it simple as possible. Thanks

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[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

you mean three runs of double?

 

[JBLCAMRY 10+ year member]

Id say it depends how the amps are mounted.

i could not use either they way mine are.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

Id say it depends how the amps are mounted.
i could not use either they way mine are.

this as well.. my amps are way to far apart.. one under passenger seat.. one in the very back of my trunk and one mid trunk..

 

[07BronzeFuz 10+ year member]

you mean three runs of double?

^^ single meaning 1 pair or a single 2 channel rca. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

^^ single meaning 1 pair or a single 2 channel rca. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

there are single channel rcas.. so you gotta specify..

 

[07BronzeFuz 10+ year member]

there are single channel rcas.. so you gotta specify..

wow I did not know that. Learn something new every day. Any input on the question? I do have 1 2 channel Rockford Power RCA.

 

[07BronzeFuz 10+ year member]

my amps will be on the rear left side of my trunk mounted to a piece of MDF cut to fit. So the amps should be within 1-3 feet of each other.

 

[headless 10+ year member]

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=383451&highlight=stinger

Stinger RCA's are crap. Don't buy them.

http://www.monoprice.com premium

 

[07BronzeFuz 10+ year member]

are the stinger pro's crap as well? They also have monster 16ft for 40.00. I cant find any rca's on mono's site.

 

[headless 10+ year member]

are the stinger pro's crap as well? They also have monster 16ft for 40.00. I cant find any rca's on mono's site.

After the shit i saw with the stinger's i had, i wouldn't buy anything from them - especially when i can get awesome 22g cables for LESS than the stingers from monoprice.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10218

I mean look -25 FOOT long cables (way longer than needed for a car)

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10218&cs_id=1021803&p_id=2866&seq=1&format=2

3 would be 17.88 TOTAL plus shipping

or 12 foot cables - ok if you have a smaller car

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10218&cs_id=1021803&p_id=2865&seq=1&format=2

3 would be 9.60 TOTAL plus shipping

They use RG59U coax cables //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I measured the resistance of my new 25 foot cables when i got them vs. my stinger's. The 25 foot long monoprice cables had HALF the resistance of the 17 foot long stinger cables. And they actually had totally isolated grounds, unlike the shitty *** stingers.

 

[BlakeWilder 10+ year member]

Im in the market too and I looked at the mono's but man I definately believe in the "u get what u pay for" theory and I would hate tp run inexpensive RCA's and take my seats out and carpet etc...and then have them go bad. The price sure is tempting tho.... I have two amps that will both be in the trunk of my Benz..Mcintosh MC440 and JL Audio 1000/1 so Im gonna need (1) 4 chan and (1) 2 chan. How long have you used the mono's for?

 

[headless 10+ year member]

The monoprice.com cables aren't cheaply built, just cheap to buy. spending more money on cables isn't going to make a huge difference; just buy decent cables up front (like not shitty *** stinger ones)

 

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

Most stinger products are below acceptable quality. Their only goal is to look good on a dispaly shelf at Walmart.

You don't have to go up to MosterCable price either. Their stuff is usually good quality, but way over priced. There are lots of good prices and good quality inbetween those two extremes. I've heard good things about monoprice, but not actually used them. Also check out Knukonceptz.com . They have both good budget and high end cables.

Same goes for power cable.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

While we're talking about cables to avoid, let me add "Phoenix Gold" cables in there as well. I don't know who their OEM is, but for a $25 cable it was some of the worst construction I've ever seen. No strain reliefs on the connector, with a soldering job that looked like an immature monkey did it...the connectors were really $0.05 specials Mouser must have had on sale that day.

Even the basic Karma series interconnects I had were built better.