Monster Cables...really all that better?
day
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Those shit's are a tad on the expensive side, so before I shell out for them, has anyone noticed a serious difference in sound quality that warrants spending $20 on a an RCA cable?
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/weaksauce
higher conductivity.
and get some spinners on em.
i gotta say though, the optical cables is the real sauce. coax or SPDIF.
peas.
They are nice, but check prices from the competition - some like QED, Ixos, Atlantis. What are they for?
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What's the deal with SPDIF by the way? And what makes them so damn hot? I have SPDIF outputs on my turntable, and a direct input to my sound card. If they truly rule, I would like to take the DJ mixer out of my equation when ripping vinyl/sampling the real heat that you're sweating so hard.
Like, monster Midi cables? Come on. Does it transfer data cleaner? haha.
If you have ever been sold on their benefits from an equipment store employee, please know that monster cables have like twice the markup of any other product, thus generating big commissions.
They do have a lifetime guarantee though.
Its safe now.
Monster Midi what a f-ing joke. Is it going to make my beats swing? HA!
Like I said, cut 'em open and it's the same as the worst Hosa. The only difference is the Monster's usually have nicer connectors and about a pound of rubber wrapped around the cable to make you think that ish is fatter.
Making cables is a skill that is easy to learn and will prove invaluable throughout your music career. Bulk high high high qaulity Mogami cable is about 45-60 cents a foot and the connectors aren't expensive at all. Buy a soldering gun and do the math. I can elaborate if any one is interested in actually making cables. RCA's require only 2 solders per side, which means you can make one, to your custom length in about 1.5 minutes if your a little slow.
Monster is probably better than your average Hosa, but both are consumer/pro-sumer variety cabling & can't touch the above mentioned, I wouldn't use either in any studio wiring.
For about $20-$40 you can get parts to build your own killer set of cables which will be superior to your average store bought set.
Neutrik also makes a pretty dope set of RCA connectors.
http://pr3.pacrad.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=26503&prmenbr=126&lastcat=1200
learn to solder batches.
please elaborate. and somebody post up about SPDIF
I do not look outside of soulstrut for my information.
Here's a nice link about DIY cables:
http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/diycables.html
h
ok well the fundamental difference between a SPDIF and an RCA, though they look the same is that SPDIF is a digital data transfer format and RCA is Analogue. because of this, SPDIF requires a different type of cable though the connector looks the same.
When you hook up to SPDIF connections you have a whole variety of things that can go wrong, Word Clock issues, Bit Rate and WaveRate issues, etc. RCA Analog the only thing that can really go wrong is a ground loop.
well, i'm no scientist, i'm just going off of what i've read, and my experience with SPDIF. Basically its a fiber optical transfer of electricity. Like fiber optic T1's, they transfer data a lot cleaner and a lot faster. Not to mention that one SPDIF cable carries your Left and right channel without any interferance ( a big plus). It's a REAL quiet cable meaning you won't hear any static, buzz or feedback and that is definitely needed in the studio. Granted, I've never used SPDIF for my turntables, only for studio production, but I am very happy with it.
interested to hear if anyone has used them with their mixer and turntables.
hollur.
Mixer Spdif-out to sound card spdif in is hot. You should do that if you are mixing down to computer. why not right
i sold those bad boys
DOES NOT WORK WELL
go and buy a fancy 25W iron for $10
analog to they nubby dicks.
Ps: Day, are you the same dood that used to be (or maybe still are) in Innernational Crew? If so, you might remember me from years back constantly upping your mixes on a little thing called triple-bypass.com. Anyways, if so, Id like to hear some of the shit you have been doing since then.
Thanks for the info. I need to get some solder in my life (1200 cables anyone? ). I guess those Monster one's will have to do for now.
Yep, I'm the same dood. Rip One has made a few more mixes and we came out with 3 Innernational compilations. I basically have my own personal copies left but I can get you dubs of them. Just hit me in a PM.
Any connector recommendations? Speshboogie's seemed steeper than necessary. And do the connectors make the soldering easy? My soldering experience is just slightly more than nil.