What brand audio/video cables!!??

[signals34]

everything is a blurr right now...help...I have to get cables for my new system...total of 9 cables audio and video ... I wanted to get excellent cables , so I got prices for monster, straightwire. about 900.00 total for each company. Than I started to look on the web. I read blue jean cable and AR and bettercables are better cables than the big names and the prices for these cables total 100.00 to 200.00 for my system, that saves me hundreds!!!!! . how come sooooo much cheaper in price. Are these cables good.Is there a difference or is it all name...Please,what do you guys(and gals) think are good cables!!!???

 

[jonnythan]

www.cablesforless.com

They are very good cables and are ridiculously cheap.

 

[Leprkon]

here's more solid options:

Belkin component video ($ 14)
http://www.thetwistergroup.com/product/AV21000-06 D16558.html

or ($ 38) http://www.thetwistergroup.com/product/AV51000-08 D23430.html

Belkin HDMI ($ 50)
http://www.thetwistergroup.com/product/AV52300-08 D23438.html

Belkin fiber optic ($ 50)
http://www.thetwistergroup.com/product/AV50000-04 D23418.html

Belkin splitter (for subwoofer, $ 8)
http://www.thetwistergroup.com/product/AV20600-06 D16556.html

Belkin subwoofer cable ($ 7)
http://www.thetwistergroup.com/product/AV20500-15 D16553.html

Belkin basic interconnects ($ 12)
http://www.thetwistergroup.com/product/AV20300-12 D16551.html

12 gage speaker wire (250 ft, $ 134)



this is all the top-of-the-line stuff... you can still get very good quality at half of these prices using Belkin's lesser models or Acoustic Research, available from the same site.

you can also wander down to the local Walmart or Lowe's. many of these have started carrying the Philips Gold series of interconnects (which is what I use on my system, except for the Belkin HDMI cable)





you are not stuck with the M-word. a smart shopper can get much better quality at much lower prices !!!

 

[mtrycrafts]

everything is a blurr right now.

How do you know you have cable problems, that the cables are causing your blurs???
What and how is the setup?

 

[signals34]

everything is a blurr right now.

How do you know you have cable problems, that the cables are causing your blurs???
What and how is the setup?

The problem I have is which cables to buy??? For example I was looking at for s-video cable the monster m2000hdsv-1 meter, cost 150.00....and I looked at Blue Jeans s-video, yc-2 -3 feet for 33.00. Is there a diff. in cables,or are both really the same? What do you think is the better cable? Is monster really that marked up for name???

 

[Leprkon]

Is there a diff. in cables,or are both really the same? What do you think is the better cable? Is monster really that marked up for name???

Monster, especially their speakers cables, are average at best. They have no real science to them, only a tremendous amount of marketing to beat down people who are not willing to do alot of research.

If you want to be able to tell people you have Monster cables, by all means, go ahead and buy them.

They will not make your system sound any better than the other brands listed here.

 

[mtrycrafts]

The problem I have is which cables to buy???

Oh, your 'blurr' went over my head I see it is not a picture issue but which cables to buy

For example I was looking at for s-video cable the monster m2000hdsv-1 meter, cost 150.00....and I looked at Blue Jeans s-video, yc-2 -3 feet for 33.00.


And they both make a living. Yes, monster is way over priced, period. Their marketing practice is horrendous.


Is there a diff. in cables,or are both really the same?

Yes, visually and cost differences do exist. Electrical performance? Not enough to matter, period.

What do you think is the better cable?

Go for the BlueJeans, or look around and you'll find some for less, that are still equivalent at Target, WalMart, Radio Shack, etc.

 

[jonnythan]

The problem I have is which cables to buy??? For example I was looking at for s-video cable the monster m2000hdsv-1 meter, cost 150.00....and I looked at Blue Jeans s-video, yc-2 -3 feet for 33.00. Is there a diff. in cables,or are both really the same? What do you think is the better cable? Is monster really that marked up for name???

If the cable is the problem, it's a defective cable - not a cable of improper quality.

Buy any replacement cable, even the $10 Cables For Less cables (which are quite good).