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Are 'Monster' Cables Worth It?

Posted by Cliff on from the your-cables-may-bite-you dept.

Digitarius asks: "Are "Monster" cables really better, or are they just more expensive? I'm setting up my HDTV, and I can get Component video cables made by Belkin for half the price of the Monster cable equivalents. Are there any actual stats or studies to back up Monster's claims of superiority? So far most people tell me to get the Monster cables, 'just to be sure,' but what's the real truth?"

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  1. Re:Simple Answer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    No, next time use google.
    He did use google. It 302 redirected him here...
  2. Re:Electrons no different by ArsonSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet your email address rhymes with "at conster fable spot on."

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  3. Re:Monster Cables and other Audiophile rubbish by qengho · · Score: 4, Funny


    There is a huge industry around selling useless crap to people.

    My absolute favorite example of this is the US$1500 Audio Magic Clairvoyant Power Cord. I thought this was an April Fool's column until I looked at the date.

  4. Re:from my own experience... by uradu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't rob him of his fantasies. If he defines the cables needed as a percentage of the system cost, then let him be. For systems over $200 you definitely need the Mosters. Actually, on occasion it has been observed that they are needed even for systems at $179.99, and there is anecdotal evidence of one case where they were needed at the $149.99 price point, though that is up for debate.

  5. Bullshit gold? by shigelojoe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bullshit gold is the best conductor. Silver has much much lower resistance.

    If I had a bull that was shitting gold, I wouldn't waste it by using it as a conductor.

    I'm just sayin'...

  6. Re:Electrons no different by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny
    signal path length (both parts of the path being equal)

    I can't overemphasize the importance of making sure that the length of the cables carrying the (nearly) 300,000,000m/s electrical signal before it turns into 340m/s sound waves be within a few angstroms of each other.

    Oh, don't forget to use a micrometer to set the distance from each speaker to your ear to make sure the sound waves arrive at the right time.

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  7. Re:They may be outrageously priced but... by nagora · · Score: 4, Funny
    Or, you could just keep the dog away from the wiring in the first place by keeping it inside the cabinet or out of reach.

    That's cruel.

    TWW

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