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Monster Cable Kicks Butt?

Let me preface this by saying that I'm an avid audiophile thats tried many different cables in all price ranges and have made several of my own.Iv'e been completely neutral on the wires don't make a difference saga also.Anyway I'm between speaker cable and needed something to hook up until the latest arrives so I go and get 20 ft of basic 12ga Monster and some of thier twist lock bananas, $65 bucks total, and hook it up.I was shocked at what came out of the speakers.Tight bass,clean airy highs,no harshness or glare,delightfull! I have McCormack DNA-1 REV A,ARC CD-2,ARC LS 15 and Dynaudio Contour 1.1's all great,accurate gear.Anyway these damn Monsters sound as good as the $1200 cables I just sold!Somebody pinch me please!
mar00
psychicanimal
1,738 posts
 
I just wonder why Sean has stayed out of this one...
thedautch
329 posts
 
Audionut--Of course I've upgraded my components in the last 12 years! I would never have spent any serious money on cables when that money could have gone to better gear! The whole point of my first posting was the concept of proportion--keeping your gear and your cables in proportion with one another. I'm sorry that escaped you.
mctuff
6 posts
 
on a related topic: assuming that when you're buying monster cable you're paying for a name & hype, what's the alternative in the price range?
ljgj
955 posts
 
The Monsters probably sound different which could mean better for a while but if you put a better cable back in the system it would probably change your mind and sound better again. We all get use to a certain sound and when we hear different we go yeah better but later it too becomes lesser.
mar00 OP
59 posts
 
Hey Audionut.....Please explain how you can catagorize my top rated excellent performing equipment as Mid-Fi.The last time time I looked the ARC CD 2 was class A and the McCormack amp not far behind.I consider these components great values and truly representative of one of the better price to performance buys out there.And yes I'm certainly capable of hearing the sonic effects of different cables.
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