Mediabridge vs Crutchfield

lovinthehd

lovinthehd

Audioholic Jedi
In particular, I have a 15-20 foot sub woofer (RCA) cable from Monster that has the directional arrow on it. I believe this is for the purposes as outlined in post #34 above.

In this case, we should indeed respect the "cable direction arrow"?
I wonder. Why on an unbalanced cable would you need to worry about a shield at one end or the other? I've paid attention to that sort of thing when making an unbalanced to balanced cable....
 
Yohansen

Yohansen

Audioholic
One of the things Paul isn't bullshitting about :)
I bought the Sprout 100 but unfortunately I gave it back.
With all your help guys you made me to purchase from eBay the Rotel 1570 2x120watts/ch. and I’m extremely happy, it’s connected with my RTIA7 Polk speakers.
Sound?...oh my!!!
 
Yohansen

Yohansen

Audioholic
How long are your cable runs?
Do you plan to run any wire inside the walls, or is this strictly going to sit on your floor?
What type of power will you be feeding them?

Monoprice is almost always a good choice when it comes to cable in general. They have both in-wall rated cable (Access series) and regular cable (Choice series) as well as several options that add features like plenum rating or direct burial ratings, but Access and Choice are really the most typical to use from them.

The price is in line with what most of the industry will charge at 'best pricing' levels.

A lot of people like Blue Jeans cable as well. They are respected and treat people well, but are a bit more expensive for what really isn't going to deliver better performance.

EDIT: Looking online, it appears that Monoprice has about a 10% to 20% price advantage over Mediabridge wire. Crutchfield speaker wire is about TWICE the price of Monoprice! That's insane. Don't buy anything that's just stupidly overpriced without any clear advantage.

I see no reason that the Mediabridge wire is bad, but you will hear a lot of well deserved love for Monoprice for a reputation they've rightfully earned. So, I would spend my money there.
Problem fixed BMXTRIX! :)
 
lovinthehd

lovinthehd

Audioholic Jedi
I bought the Sprout 100 but unfortunately I gave it back.
With all your help guys you made me to purchase from eBay the Rotel 1570 2x120watts/ch. and I’m extremely happy, it’s connected with my RTIA7 Polk speakers.
Sound?...oh my!!!
Oh I seem to remember your situation now....I think you made the right move.
 
slipperybidness

slipperybidness

Audioholic Warlord
I wonder. Why on an unbalanced cable would you need to worry about a shield at one end or the other? I've paid attention to that sort of thing when making an unbalanced to balanced cable....
I don't think I even realized it was marked as directional when I bought it, it was just a decent Monster cable at a good price.

It has been in service for many years.
 
M

martinoermando

Audiophyte
Hello,
I am in a difficult Nox Vidmate VLC decision what speakers cables I should use.
Mediabridge, crutchfiel or any other brand?
Thanks in advance
CCA can be fine but usually you adjust for differences by using a larger gauge, but has other issues that generally are not worth it.
 
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Yohansen

Yohansen

Audioholic
They shouldn't sound different at all, are they the same gauge/length? Something seems wrong with the cables, or your imagination is over-active....
Oh yes!
Wrong audiophile imagination!
I get what you mean. :)
 

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