What are the BEST cables??

[ace1399]

I am trying to decide between the Monster cable THX1000 vs the Monster Cable M1000 (s-video and component, need both) or are there other cable that are just as good or better?? Thoughts please....

[fearmyrage]

my thoughts... monster cables are the biggest rip off you can buy. for the most part a cable is a cable no big differnces, some are better than others but do not by any means warrant a $70 price differnce.

[hexxisoft]

yeah, what the guy above me saiid. i buy cheap dollar store cables most of the time, and they work fine (i use expensive ones to connect my DVD player to TV, cheap for everything else.) i dont understand the need for 70 dollar cables...i can't tell the difference honestly.

[Craig Tucker]

Yea big rip off, someone once posted in these forums many moons ago, a company that was selling optical cables with gold plated end connectors. That just proves it is all hype with these mega expensive cables, why on earth would you need gold connectors on an optical cable.

You would notice a difference between the cheapest piece of crap cable and a midrange cable, but it's not worth paying silly money.

[Craig Tucker]

I found the thread, almost 2 years old, doesn't time fly

http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewt...cal+cable+gold

[Joex444]

don't get the monster cables.

Likewise, I use the cheap cables (radioshack non-gold-plated type mainly). Although, I have 2 special cables. One is the video out from the surround sound receiver to the TV (only 1 input :( ) which is an Acoustic Research (BestBuy...the blue ones), and that is gold plated. Teh other is also an acoustic research but it is an analog stereo cable to go from my CD player to my stereo receiver (I have 2 receivers in 2 different rooms). I bought them together off eBay instead of BestBuy, so it was like $7 with shipping instead of whatever it is BestBuy wanted.