no human interaction
it's perfect

I remember when my cousin was telling me about these around 2000.....he said once you get them, you never want to go back.....I played NBA Live 2001 on PS1 with them, and I was amazed.

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i use my Monster cables to hook my ipod up to my ipod dock to listen to 192kb vinyl rips

Nice.

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HDMI Monster cables are a scam though.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I stopped following him on the twitter during last year's NBA season. The Knicks were off to a hot start, and in one day, he must have tweeted 8 or 10 times, "anybody who thinks the Knicks are better than the Heat is crazy".

I never heard anybody suggest that the Knicks were going to take down the Heat.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

BRick: Nowadays, yes.

Back in late 90's/early 00's no.

Hell you can get high quality cables from Amazon or Eforcity for 5 bucks. I think I paid at least 40-50 for Monster Cables back in the day.

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The non-digital cables they had were superior.

However, HDMI either works or it doesn't.

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I always laughed at the Monster 300 dollar surge protectors that were supposed to filter out interference with your picture. I mean, how clear of a picture does one need? The current model TVs with HDMI cables is so clear, they couldn't get much clearer. So I'm supposed to drop 2 more bills to ensure I can see Alex Trebek's nose hair when he talks?

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With that said, the PS1 would have benefited from Monster cables.

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The correct answer is actually "never". To wit:

http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/general-av-discussions/2512-speakers%3B-when-good-enough-enough-3.html#post15412

Excerpt of the most important portion ....

We gathered up a 5 of our audio buddies. We took my "old" Martin Logan SL-3 (not a bad speaker for accurate noise making) and hooked them up with Monster 1000 speaker cables (decent cables according to the audio press). We also rigged up 14 gauge, oxygen free Belden stranded copper wire with a simple PVC jacket. Both were 2 meters long. They were connected to an ABX switch box allowing blind fold testing. Volume levels were set at 75 Db at 1000K Hz. A high quality recording of smooth, trio, easy listening jazz was played (Piano, drums, bass). None of us had heard this group or CD before, therefore eliminating biases. The music was played.

Of the 5 blind folded, only 2 guessed correctly which was the monster cable. (I was not one of them). This was done 7 times in a row! Keeping us blind folded, my brother switched out the Belden wire (are you ready for this) with simple coat hanger wire! Unknown to me and our 12 audiophile buddies, prior to the ABX blind test, he took apart four coat hangers, reconnected them and twisted them into a pair of speaker cables. Connections were soldered. He stashed them in a closet within the testing room so we were not privy to what he was up to. This made for a pair of 2 meter cables, the exact length of the other wires. The test was conducted.

After 5 tests, none could determine which was the Monster 1000 cable or the coat hanger wire. Further, when music was played through the coat hanger wire, we were asked if what we heard sounded good to us. All agreed that what was heard sounded excellent, however, when A-B tests occurred, it was impossible to determine which sounded best the majority of the time and which wire was in use.

Needless to say, after the blind folds came off and we saw what my brother did, we learned he was right...most of what manufactures have to say about their products is pure hype.

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