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[Markem]

Some of the artists too ....

[Leon]

Not trying to argue with you here but in most all cases the cable, Monster or otherwise, are a link between units. Now if you are simply saying that the Monster instrument cable is better, quality wise, than what you can find anywhere else, I totally understand and would have to agree.

My issue with what I used to see was that Monster cables speaker wire were simply wiring with insulation. It had no ends other than stripped away insulation. As I recall the cable inside the insulation appeared to be 1/4" thick. As it exited and was bare wire, but soldered on the end, it looked like 14 gauge wire. I thought smoke and mirrors. No doubt it was better than regular home stereo speaker wire but I seriously doubt any better for the price than lamp cord, which was probably 8~10 times heavier than speaker wire.

Waaaaaay back when I had 4 relative large home speakers. Each had 12 woofers, mid-range and tweeters and for years I was using regular speaker wire to power them from a Techniques 85 watt per channel RMS receiver. That was in the mid 70's to early 90's and it sounded great. FF to mid 90's and I up graded my receiver to the Yamaha and more watts RMS to the same wires and speakers. It also sounded great.

BUT then I decided to try out the heaver gauge lamp cord speaker wiring and WOW that made a heck of a difference. Higher and more crisp highs for sure.

As far as the bare ended Monster speaker wires go I think you are paying

90% for appearance and maybe 10% improved performance over standard speaker wire.

[Swingman]

That's exactly what I been saying, over and over, cher! ;)

[Swingman]

FIFY ...

As a commercial recording studio owner/recording engineer for over 20 years, with hundreds of albums/recording projects under his belt (and yes, that is indeed "hundreds") you're preaching straight at the choir. ;)

[Swingman]

Yep, like they say (correctly, by definition) 50%of any group falls on the left side of the bell curve.

[OFWW]

As I recall on Monster speaker wires, they also have a higher strand count than lamp cord, and about the same overall copper diameter than

16 gauge cord.

For me seeing the different colored wire through the clear HD but flexible insulation was worth it for the speaker wire. The only problem they haven't found a fix for is to puppy proof the wiring.

[Puckdropper]

Swingman wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Can I borrow it? I'd like to put it out in shallow left field so I can hit it over the green monster cable.

Ok, not my best... Moving on.

Puckdropper

[Larry Blanchard]

I feel for the poor newbie who tries to figure out what the two have in common.

See my followup.

[Larry Blanchard]

And here it is.

[Swingman]

That perceived value is impossible to determine, even if only one sale sets the classic definition of market value, except that the market is constantly in flux due to opinion, false positives, negative negatives, positive positives, vice versas, verse vice, resulting in what it's worth today, may not be that tomorrow, subject to seasonal adjustments, tide tables. climate change, and whatever tomorrow may bring ... to the extent allowed by law.

Now, see how easy that was ...

Count your blessing, we haven't even gotten to the electrical part of the thread yet ...

[DerbyDad03]

...snip...

I'm shocked that you even brought that up.

[Leon]

I'm not preaching, just agreeing. ;!)

[Leon]

On to make the speaker wiring less gaudy.

[notbob]

OK, what's the actual abv of the snake oil yer selling? ;)

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