I would just like to know if the thinner gauge of the Monster XP will limit my larger speakers up front and therefore I would be better off with cheaper lower gauge wire.thanks everyone. ![]() For the three front speakers though I would like to bi-wire them and want the best sound that I can get from them within reason. I am less concerned about the surrounds - I assume that either choice will be fine for me there. The XP stuff looks to be either 14 or 16 AWG.I do not want to pay the $1.50 or whatever a foot for Monster cable original wire unless I really needed it and from everything I have read I don't.My system is/will soon be as follows:Receiver - Onkyo 595 or 696 (probably 595 now and upgrade to 7.1 and THX in a couple years)Mains - Polk RT55iCenter - Polk CS400iSurrounds - Polk RT35iSub - HSU Research VTF-2My main concern is for the mains and front center. The Monster XP costs half that of their original so that you know - ~$65/100' at even Circuit City.The reason for the question is that Monster doesn't provide gauge ratings on their wires. To try and eliminate as much chance of an argument as I can I am asking that price not be a consideration in your answer.or, if that's not possible for you to then really try and minimalize that factor (after all, cost is always a factor I guess).Sound quality alone - which is more likely in your opinion to give me the better quality sound and the longer lasting cables:Monster XP cable (probably Navaho White for whatever that's worth) or some 12 gauge generic wire (probably from home depot). I do understand the high potential for conflict on this question but I really do need advice. Just mate it with real speaker wire, and wire does make a huge difference.OK. ![]() CPR Rating: 9.6 - Monster Compact High Performance XP Speaker Wir. CPR Rating: 9.7 - Monster Prolink Studio Pro 2000 Speaker Cable. CPR Rating: 9.9 - Monster XP Copper Clad Aluminum (CCA) Speaker W. Quite suberb mid-fi stuff, almost hi-end. The Best Monster Speaker Cables Rated by CherryPicks. ![]() Oh, yes, I will submit a review of the Denon DM-3 that I used for the comparison. That is why, no high-end cable today is constructed like zip-cord.Ĭonclusion 2: don't trust salesman, but truth is high-end dealers will bend over backwards to satisfy you. That was many years ago, even.Ĭonclusion 1: zip-cord does not make for good speaker wire, no-matter who is selling it. The Monster cable was constructed like super-zip cord, and I have had a previous high-end experience with the salesperson pushing a speaker cable that looked like super-super-zip cord. I think the Monster cable gave a bigger, but much murkier sound than the Audioquest. While the Audioquest cable sounded like music and let you probe the recording. To cut to the point, these well-made cables sounded like crap and I could not enjoy the music through them. However, sounds like and looks like are not the same in the high-end. Well, they are a colossal waste of money if you care what the cables sound like.įor the same money, Audioquest, for instance, will sell you their F-4 speaker wire and a mid-fi sort of guy would feel very cheated at the quality of the cable. For $40 a 10-foot pair, they seem well made and are what you would expect if you were a mid-fi sort of guy(or gal) - they look like the cable on the Monster Cable Site. I never noticed the model number if there was one and Monster Cable website does not help identify this cable either. If it is not for this reason, I would have giving it a four star rating.Īt Circuit City they push this speaker cable for all their mid-fi systems. In this sense, it is an over appraised product by monster itself. However, there are many better cables out there. It does sound "Better" than thin bulk speaker wire in any sense. However, I do not agree that this one only deserves a single star either. I would not recommend buying this product. However he will sure tell the difference between this one and the bulk one and appreciate the sound at now. My friend doesn't listen to music a lot and therefore would not realize how "clean" is important. ![]() Speaker Cable, 1/4' TS Male-1/4' TS Male, 25 Long. I still want to give it to my friend as a good gift, because I am sure it sounds better than his out of box speaker wires. Monster Prolink Classic Straight to Straight Speaker Cable - 25 foot. At least the bass punch sounds stronger than many fine wires like Audioquest's $100 wires. The Yeti Classic is a Monster of a USB Microphone That Wont Break The. However, for rock and roll and theater, some people may like the characters. Two of our top picks for the best multiroom wireless speaker systems, the Sonos Era. This one is at least not for classical music. The higher string voices sound "thin", like you block the holes on the violins. The over all audio signal does not sound clear. This cable is a upgrade from walmart bulk speaker wires.
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