Which subwoofer cable? Please choose..

Shicks18

Monster THX I100
or
Monster Bass 300

I can get either for about $18 off ebay. If someone finds a better subwoofer cable on ebay for <$20 then I will consider them.

Thanks for your help!

polktiger

how long a cable you need?

Shicks18

8' minimum

Face

I wouldn't buy a thing from Monster.

Check out Signal Cable and Blue Jeans Cable.

Shicks18

What about a monoprice subwoofer cable for $5 ... I rather spend more money on ICs then a sub cable.. unless the price is justifiable.

zingo

Monoprice is great stuff and that cables would do you better than the Monster one would. I have purchased many products from them and liked every one of them.

stereojunkie

monoprice should work out fine for what you need.

miner

Audioquest G-snake: 3m > $55 (retail)

AsSiMiLaTeD

F#$k Monster

Shicks18

lol I just ordered Monoprice for all my cables. Gonna start at the bottom and work my way up in time.

nikolas812

Shicks18 wrote: »

lol I just ordered Monoprice for all my cables. Gonna start at the bottom and work my way up in time.

Nothing wrong with that. Thats what I did and I am still doing. You get a better appreciation for cables that way I think. I know I did. After you have those cheap cables for a while and try something better. You should be able to tell a pretty big difference. I did anyway......



Edit: Stay away from the Monster!!!




Cheers


Nick

ben62670

My vote is Monster sucks too. I will not support them in any way shape or form. Frank has much better prices for what you would get from Monster, and I'll plug myself for IC's;)
Ben

nikolas812

ben62670 wrote: »

My vote is Monster sucks too. I will not support them in any way shape or form. Frank has much better prices for what you would get from Monster, and I'll plug myself for IC's;)
Ben

Do you sell IC's?? I remenber you saying something about sending some. I think??? I can't really remeber. Its been so long.:D:p:D


Nick

daboyz

Monster sub cables are horrific. Buy anything but.

mmadden28

Are Monsters' really that bad? Or is everybody just hung up on hating them?

ben62670

Over priced, and they have the worst morals of nearly any company out there. They probably make nearly as much from suing as they do selling gear. They even go after the little guys. The worst one was they sued a mini golf coarse for having the name monster golf. WTF does mini golf have to do with a trademark infringement?
EF monster
Cheers
Ben

janmike

ben62670 wrote: »

Over priced, and they have the worst morals of nearly any company out there. They probably make nearly as much from suing as they do selling gear. They even go after the little guys. The worst one was they sued a mini golf coarse for having the name monster golf. WTF does mini golf have to do with a trademark infringement?
EF monster
Cheers
Ben

That is just pure sick. Imagine, suing a mini golf for that.

ben62670

Yep. They have even tried to sue Frank. He handled it well;)
Ben

mmadden28

Well I can understand all that, and I agree, but stictly speaking quality, if one already has some cables and/or can get them cheap (like reasonably priced), would they be good enough?

Hmm Monster golf? Sounds like some overpaid lawyers---Sounds like when Ty (Beanie Babies) sued a company in the U.K for selling Beanies or having beanies in thier name or something. Well that is the name of a certain type of hat over there-and they were'nt selling any stuffed animals. And this company was in business I think for years before Beanie babies ever became popular-they just hadn't trademarked the name. Here's a small article talking about them and thier influence on eBay. Just freakin pityful. :mad:

Right now I'm just pissed out about my new discovery that Warner owns the rights to "Happy Birthday To You" and charges about $10K anytime anybody (outside of a small family celebration) sings it.

ben62670

Thats weak. Real weak.

Shicks18

hahahaha thats friggin hilarious!

ben62670

Shicks18 wrote: »

hahahaha thats friggin hilarious!

Not really.

bigaudiofanatic

Monster bass is the one i use its not that they are bad cables its just that they have way to much hype and are over priced but if you can get them for 118 dollars thats great.

ben62670

bigaudiofanatic wrote: »

Monster bass is the one i use its not that they are bad cables its just that they have way to much hype and are over priced but if you can get them for 118 dollars thats great.

Hell no. For that you can get as good or better.
Ben

RutgersFTW

The Monoprice Premium cables are wonderful for those of us on tight budgets. The connectors are absolutely phenomenal.

Hilariously enough I DO have a Monster THX sub cable, but I needed a composite video cable and it was the closest thing I had handy. So the video from my Roku Netflix box is Monsterriffic!

Shicks18

ben62670 wrote: »

Not really.

My response was a reaction to your response, not the situation.........

Face

bigaudiofanatic wrote: »

Monster bass is the one i use its not that they are bad cables its just that they have way to much hype and are over priced but if you can get them for 118 dollars thats great.

That's insane.

For that kind of money you can get one from MIT. http://www.mitcables.com/?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=44&Itemid=29

ben62670

I thought it was a typo. He must mean some sort of $18 dollar clearance. A friend of mine picked up some m cables for $18 that were originally $159.00 Go figure.

bigaudiofanatic

Ya it was a typo but i can not edit it now. for 18 dollars thats great

ben62670

bigaudiofanatic wrote: »

Ya it was a typo but i can not edit it now. for 18 dollars thats great

A buddy of mine just got the same deal. I won't mention any names
Ben

I have an idea. Why not email Justin every time you need to make a change. I am sure he could help Polkies out, and make sure nobody is abusing the system

daboyz

Monster sub cable to me was very muddy and boomy. I went to a Signal and it tightened up and sounded sooooooo much better. Me thinks I paid about $40 for the Signal and it was more than worth it.