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[Leon]

Euwwwwwwww

[DerbyDad03]

Ask Ray Stevens. ;-)

[Ed Pawlowski]

Depends on the cable. The ones from the stereo store are pretty much the same, but not the one I have. About 40 years ago a crate of Monster cables sunk in a swamp and it was recently recovered. They have a much denser sound that anyone not needing a hearing aid can easily discern. Sure, I paid a premium but I have a Certificate of Authenticity too.

[Markem]

What about clamps and balls?

[krw]

...and here I thought it was the lacquer.

[krw]

...in hot pants.

Now, get once you get that picture out of your head, you'll realize that "it's a small world, after all". ;-)

[Jack]

Never dealt with Monoprice. They appear to have good prices as well. Consider what you would pay for a 25' Monster cable?

This past year, I bought a new PC and my old video cable needed an hdmi connection for the new pc. Went online and Staples had one for like $6-7. Went to Staples, and they would have to order it. Went to Best Buy in the same mall and they wanted like $20 or $30 for the same one. I sprang the price match on him, and he said you can't match the price because their cable was a BestBuy cable and no one else sells that brand. I instinctively went off on the dude, later apologized, told him I should have yelled at his boss, but he could pass on my opinion. Of course BB is on my S-list for now... yes, I bought the piece of crap cause I wanted it NOW. I hate when that happens...

--Jack

I don?t need anger management. I need people to stop pissing me off!

[J. Clarke]

When you refer to "monster cable bs" and say that the article is like "monster cable bs", you are pretty much admitting that the article is right because monster cable is BS.

[Swingman]

Only if you've confused the syntax difference between my "monster cable BS", versus your "monster cable _is_ BS".

The argument about how Monster cable _sounds_ is arguably the BS part ... just like with the Strad. In that regard, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as it always is.

And your confusion leaves out the unarguable fact that Monster cable is (or has been) a well made product with redeeming qualities other than it's individually, and subjectively perceived _sound_.

[Markem]

Monster cable have alway been well made, the marketing was aimed at the audiophools who would buy it cause of the sales pitch. Monster speaker cables are a pia, the inner core (plastic fibers) make it a real pain to strip and tin.

The Strads have a long history of players who owned them and played them, the history is a big part of the want of one.

[Leon]

IMHO Monster cables are probably 10 times more than you need for any equipment sold to 98% of the people.

[Swingman]

Just like one of those old, expensive violins ... ;)

[Swingman]

Same folks that run presidential campaigns for the votingphools ...

To a collector ...

[Leon]

I have a monster cable that originally was sold to me with my sub-wolfer, and it plugged into the Yamaha receiver/amp.

In our new home the Yamaha sub out is plugged into the wall, on the opposite side of the room the monster cable is plugged into the wall for the sub. Moot point at this stage I guess. ;~)

[Swingman]

I never bought a Monster cable for audio purposes, only took one listening session in the studio environment to determine that the expensive was not justified ... IOW, no bang for the buck.

As I stated in another post, I own a Monster cable "instrument cable", which I use for my basses ... and often in the studio when a player being recorded was having problem with hum ... it is right up there with the best ones I've owned.

In the final nut cutting, Monster cable is no different from a Festool, or a Stradivarius, in both perceived value to the user, and what he wants/needs/uses it for.

[DerbyDad03]

...snip...

Monster is currently Out Of Stock on it's Festool colored cable. I wonder if Leon bought it all up.

[Leon]

Ohhhhhh!

[OFWW]

WOO HOO!!!

I have a monster cable with a green identifier ring, me gots the best of both worlds! ;)

[Swingman]

Maybe ... IIRC, we had the choice of a cap, a battery, or a green Monster cable when we went to the Festool rodeo a couple of weeks back. lol

[Markem]

They are not worth the extra for the speakers. Plugging an amp to guitar might be worth it, but I can still make a cord for an amp cheaper and better than Monsters price point allows them.