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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
eugene @ Mar 3rd 2008 9:37PM
cabling is like buying wine. If you think you're getting a high quality item, you will perceive the end product to be of high quality.
IMO, the only time high end cabling will make a difference is when the length of the wiring is so long, signal attenuation becomes an issue. In that case, I could see how having more refined metal in the wires and better shielding in the coating could make a difference... albeit a small small, itsy bitsy difference. So hey, if you're room is several hundred feet long and you need to wire it up... go for the expensive, shit.
As for me, I continue to buy the cheap stuff at amazon.com or monoprice.com.
Michael @ Mar 3rd 2008 11:36PM
You obviously are not a wine drinker.
DrXym @ Mar 4th 2008 6:05AM
Some cheap wine can taste great and some expensive wine can taste terrible. But generally there is a relationship between price and taste of wine. Personally I rarely throw down more than 9 on a bottle and usually much less than that.
But wine is highly subjective. Cables shouldn't be. They either do what they claim and electrons move from one end to the other or they don't. Unless you had an extremely unusual setup, it is doubtful you or anyone else could tell the difference between a cheap cable and one from Monster. Especially for digital.