F. S. Pantalone’s Weblog

In some online browsing I found an article explaining a trick played on so called “Audiophiles”. In this experiment they were supposed to listen to a set of the highest quality speakers and tell which were powered by Monster’s most expensive cable and which was powered by normal 12 gauge speaker cable. this was done 8 times with 12 “Audiophiles” to get good results. What they didn’t know was that the guy in the back switching the wires was using the Monster cable and some coat hangers he stretched apart and twisted together. Not one of them could tell the difference.Yeah, Monster cable is way over priced and ridiculous, but something not really known is that fact that monster isn’t the one who does the price increase. I have a friend who works at best buy and his discount is a certain % over cost, when he purchases a $60 Monster cable he only pays around 4 to 5 dollars. So, just be aware of the store markups and don’t be afraid to buy the cheap stuff when it some to cables…they are mostly the same.