Monster Cable HTIB CV-KIT Home-Theater-in-a-Box Component Video/Surround Sound Connection Kit
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Manufacturer: Monster CableModel: 109124
Product features:
- High performance 8 ft. component video cable for improved home theater performance.
- DoubleHelix windings provide less loss and lower attenuation.
- Speaker cables have three times more copper content than ordinary cables for greater power transfer.
- Includes adapters for Sony Dream Systems and Kenwood system compatibility.
- Additional 10 ft. Monster subwoofer cable for non-powered or passive subwoofers.
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Digital camera Review: Dependable product but greatly overpriced with inflated ego.
Summary: 4 Stars
These interconnects work perfectly fine and if you want capable yet expensive looking cables then buy these. However, any standard RCA cable with reasonable shielding will give you exactly the same audio reproduction.
In fact, in a scientifically engineered ABX double-blind test five specialty interconnects from AudioQuest, MIT, MONSTER CABLE, H.E.A.R., plus Belden cable with Vampire connectors were compared to a $2.50 blister pack RCA phono interconnect. Seven listeners were asked to identify whether they thought they were listening to one of the name-brand cables or the cheap cables. Out of 139 trials only 70 were correctly identified. This is a result of 50% which absolutely corresponds to pure chance as would be expected of random guessing.
The placebo effect should not be ignored here. If you WANT to justify your purchace by WANTING the cables to sound better then you WILL subconsciously think they sound better. People who are not made aware of the brand they are hearing simply aren't able to hear a difference.
But another important consideration here is the durability of the cables over the long term. Monster Cable is very durable and will resist deforming, cracking and shorting out. This is certainly very important especially if you are in the habbit of frequently repositioning or otherwise adjusting the layout of your cables.
Do ALL cables sound the same? Not neccessarily. Some high-end cable manufacturers advertise that their product deliberately favors certain parts of the sound spectrum. Sometimes it's the low frequencies (bass); sometimes it's the high requencies (treble) - sometimes both. Why do they do this? Search me. The purpose of an interconnect is to transmit the data from your audio source to your components UNALTERED! If Monster Cable doesn't distort the audio stream by favoring certain frequencies then it is doing it's job properly - otherwise the sound you hear from your speakers wouldn't be what the recording artist intended you to hear would it? If you want a warmer tone, or brighter highs, or more balanced resonance - then that's what the sophisticated equalizer is for that is built into your receiver/stereo.
Monster Cable is more expensive than it needs to be to do the job required of it, but is still quite capable over the long term and is a justifiable purchase for those who don't mind spending the cash.
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