hyres-com Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 I am pretty new to the audio/visual rhelm and am getting in deeper and deeper. I see that almost all of you strongly dislike Monster Cables. Other than being WAY overpriced. What is wrong with them and what other brands match up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodger Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 ---------------- On 1/7/2005 1:50:48 PM hyres-com wrote: I am pretty new to the audio/visual rhelm and am getting in deeper and deeper. I see that almost all of you strongly dislike Monster Cables. Other than being WAY overpriced. What is wrong with them and what other brands match up? ---------------- IMHO, quality vs price. Other brands: Audioquest, Tara, Apature, Vampire Wire - a host. It depends on your wants and price range. dodger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minn_male42 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 A brand that is well made and very reasonably priced is Audio Research. Online Blue Jeans Cables are also very good and reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom3 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 For speaker wire, get yourself a spool of 14 gage low-voltage outdoor lighting wire. Cheap, very durable, and large enough do runs up to 50 feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 straight wire is not bad, also transparent if you are looking to spend big bucks or nordoust, kimber? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 ---------------- On 1/7/2005 2:55:28 PM boom3 wrote: For speaker wire, get yourself a spool of 14 gage low-voltage outdoor lighting wire. Cheap, very durable, and large enough do runs up to 50 feet. ---------------- the problem with this is a lot fo it is half tin half copper or solid stranded, get stranded 100% copper wire, what makes good speaker wire is the amount of oxygen that is in it. because copper will oxidize it is important to get the lowest oxdiation rate possible of your wire.... On the other hand check out monstervintage.com and check out there law suit with monstercable, or go to monstercablesux.com and you can see some interesting pie charts etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBrennan Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 For patchcords I use what comes with the gear or Radio Shack. For speaker wire I use 16 ga lampwire from the hardware store. Expensive wires are a con. Don't be a sap. Note that this entire "name brand" and expensive wire thing came about at the same time that the self-absorbed, drug-addled and naive Baby-Boomers started coming into money. That ought'a tell you something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 ---------------- On 1/7/2005 3:27:29 PM TBrennan wrote: Note that this entire "name brand" and expensive wire thing came about at the same time that the self-absorbed, drug-addled and naive Baby-Boomers started coming into money. That ought'a tell you something. ---------------- Arent you in that category? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minn_male42 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 ---------------- On 1/7/2005 3:23:20 PM Gramas701 wrote: ---------------- On 1/7/2005 2:55:28 PM boom3 wrote: For speaker wire, get yourself a spool of 14 gage low-voltage outdoor lighting wire. Cheap, very durable, and large enough do runs up to 50 feet. ---------------- the problem with this is a lot fo it is half tin half copper or solid stranded, get stranded 100% copper wire, what makes good speaker wire is the amount of oxygen that is in it. because copper will oxidize it is important to get the lowest oxdiation rate possible of your wire.... On the other hand check out monstervintage.com and check out there law suit with monstercable, or go to monstercablesux.com and you can see some interesting pie charts etc ---------------- 1. most of what looks like tin is just actually "tinned-copper" - that is solid copper with a tin plating to make it easier to solder 2. the amount of oxygen in the copper has nothing to do with how fast that it will corrode over time. oxygen that is "in" the copper is inert and cannot react with the metal - outside air that contains oxygen as well as moisture is what causes oxidation.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scp53 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 from my breif knowledge monster cable baffles you with bs. the average consumer thinks there getting something real good, but really there being "taken" by monster cable. bose does the same thing. scp53 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 I like QED, Acoustic Research and Radio Shack cables. Well priced, good connectors and flexible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelerFan Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 ---------------- On 1/7/2005 2:43:13 PM minn_male42 wrote: Online Blue Jeans Cables are also very good and reasonable. ---------------- My favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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