Wires make diffrence??

[groove269 10+ year member]

Does having "monster" over non name brand cables worth paying the extra $$ for?

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[NightDrifter05 10+ year member]

No

 

[LOW ET 10+ year member]

monster cable for what? car or home audio?

 

[wasted ink 10+ year member]

it can. for example, hold knu or stinger wire up to scosche or a lower brand name wire of the same AWG, and youll notice the insulation is thicker and/or the strand count is much less.

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

Shitty cable will open you up to interference and noise, but extremely expensive cables are pure BS, stay with something decent and you will be good. Blue Jeans cable has some nice ones for decent prices.

 

[BushJ311 5,000+ posts]

On some. the cheap brand wire is not as thick. and the strand count is lower.

I use knu klmx wire and never had a problem. It is a good price to

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

it can. for example, hold knu or stinger wire up to scosche or a lower brand name wire of the same AWG, and youll notice the insulation is thicker and/or the strand count is much less.

Hmm, for power wire you are right, I am not sure if he means power wire or RCA cables though.

 

[outspoken 10+ year member]

some will argue yes, some will argue no... personally i don't think it makes a huge difference as long as rca's are shielded (though decent build quality counts, you wouldn't want any connectors being ripped out due to flimsy build quality. this could potentially damage your equipment...), and speaker wire is of proper gauge for the wattage you are running...

just my $.02

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

some will argue yes, some will argue no... personally i don't think it makes a huge difference as long as rca's are shielded (though decent build quality counts, you wouldn't want any connectors being ripped out due to flimsy build quality. this could potentially damage your equipment...), and speaker wire is of proper gauge for the wattage you are running...
just my $.02

Pretty much. If you are using good quality OFC wire of correct gauge and terminated well you should be good. There is no need to spend $100+ on a 3 foot RCA when a $30 one sounds the same.

 

[wasted ink 10+ year member]

Hmm, for power wire you are right, I am not sure if he means power wire or RCA cables though.

my bad, should have specified. i assumed he meant power wire.

 

[outspoken 10+ year member]

Pretty much. If you are using good quality OFC wire of correct gauge and terminated well you should be good. There is no need to spend $100+ on a 3 foot RCA when a $30 one sounds the same.

agreed... i've used some old set of tsunami wires that came with an install kit i bought years ago and tested them side by side with some really expensive monsters and couldn't hear any kind of a difference at all...

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/

They are probably the best cables you will get for the price.

 

[undeadxsunshine 10+ year member]

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/
They are probably the best cables you will get for the price.

amazing prices on the hdmi cables

those things are ridiculous in stores

 

[shaneb 10+ year member]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/audiophiles-cant-tell-the-difference-between-monster-cable-and/

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/audiophiles-cant-tell-the-difference-between-monster-cable-and/

I've seen that before, it is awesome. You do want to be a little more careful with RCAs since they are low level signals and noise introduced will be closer to the signal level in the cable.