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Originally Posted by esc
But none of those is Monster |o I know that you pay a lot for the Monster name, but I never pay full retail for my Monster Cables and I like the audio quality Monster has given me so far
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I used to work in a electronics store when I was in college.
For kicks, we took a knife and cut open the following cable brands:
Monster
MIT
AudioQuest
Radioshack Gold
IXOS
In terms of build quality both inside and out, I'd rank these brands in the following order:
WORST QUALITY
Monster
MIT
IXOS
Radioshack Gold
AudioQuest
BEST QUALITY
Of the major "name brands," the only one able to top RadioShack Gold's build quality was Audioquest. Monster Cable were our #1 most returned cable as well.
In other words, Monster is crap. If you want to get a good quality name brand interconnect, go with RadioShack Gold, Belkin PureAudio, or AudioQuest. Although, as posted above, I'd recommend RAM Electronics or Blue Jeans Cable as the best bang for buck at the moment.
Sub cable isn't too important anyway, though, aside from build quality.