While doing some research for my home theater set up in my future home I came across the monster cable site. I then notice they have a full line of car audio cables too.

Has anyone here used monster cable in thier car setup and if so are they worth the money?

Thanks.

ive used it quite a bit and i like it, but honestly i think it is a bit overpriced compared to cables of similar quality.

I doubt you'll hear much (if any at all) of a difference, with an average system, between Monster cables and your run-of-the-mill stinger cables.

[ December 12, 2003, 05:57 PM: Message edited by: chaos ]

I had Monster 401 XLN's in my Jetta, they were pretty nice. I view cables similar to watches, a casio will tell the time just like a Rolex, it's up to you to decide what audio "jewelry" you want/can afford.

This is a little off topic but my cousin picked up a "power conditioner" for his HT. Hey paid like $600 for this thing. WTF is a power conditioner! I think it was a total waist in money. I read the manual and it is funny how much techo blable and stuff they throw at you.

Marketing sucks!

Well the deal behind a power conditioner is it removes all the 'hash' and electrical noise that sits on the line from other items that share power whether in your house or on your grid.

Ever have someone turn on the blender or handmixer or shaver and the TV go all nutso? Doesn't happen anymore for a variety of reasons but the people old enuf to remember that example also happen to be the target market for this piece of audio voodoo.

I have even heard people expound on how they do their critical listening at night when all the factories and manufacturing places are offline and not doing strange things to the power grid. Sounds all techy unless you know that most MAJOR manufacturers do MOST of their stuff at night cuz power is cheaper for them as night after most people go to bed and stop using up all the juice.. That and the gov't regulates how much hash you put on the line.. :rolleyes:

Anyway - expect to see a couple of capacitors (that's right, just like in a car system) and 1:1 transformers in there. Essentially I call bull**** since and DECENT audio gear should reject any AC hash and really, if you are rich enough to buy something like this thing you should have better than average gear [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

I like my monster @ home, and in my truck [img]graemlins/deal4u.gif[/img]

Monster makes a fine product and they ask a premium price for it. And right or wrong they are one of the few companies continually experimenting with stuff and trying to come out with new products.

If they lost all the marketing mumbojumbo off their site and literature though it would be nice.

IMO Monster cable makes some very nice stuff, but my new favourite wiring accessories is KnuKoncept.. they are still very good quality and low prices.. [img]smile.gif[/img]

i just bought a 4 guage amp kit for 30 bux, and a .5farad cap for 40(both monster cable) at xs cargo. i thought it was a nice find [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]
i was tempted to buy a few more and sell em on ebay. they go for 40-60 US on ebay(amp kits)

they also had some distro blocks for 15, fuse holders, and rcas rangine from 10-15 bux. one farad caps were 80 i think.

hehe, and on that note i also saw the biggest tweeter i've have held in my hand. it was thump or some garbage but it was rated at 650 watts, was a 2inch tweet, and the magnet was about 5 inch in diameter and weighed as much as a small 8's sub's(the whole thing must have been 3-5 lbs-im not really good with weight)

[ December 13, 2003, 09:47 AM: Message edited by: fierce_gt ]