not so good aux cables

[brutal]

has anyone experienced a crappy aux cable? i just bought a sl hu to swap out with my s hu and was wondering what kind of cable to use. can anyone help me out?

[CodeRed]

has anyone experienced a crappy aux cable? i just bought a sl hu to swap out with my s hu and was wondering what kind of cable to use. can anyone help me out?

i dont have an SL but i bought a new head unit and for an aux cable i bought one of the cheep ones from radio shack for like $3, but i do hear people ranting about how much better the ones with the gold tip's are. i really could care less. up to you

[Clipsed]

Monster Cable, but if you were to buy it, it would be very expensive. I get them for like $15-$20, best cables, but I get them at cost.

[marleyfan]

Monster cables are over priced and over rated. If you can get them cheap then they're fine but no way would I ever pay retail for Monsters. Under this application where you are listening to music in a moving car no matter how good your stereo is I doubt that you would hear a difference between a $10 cable and a $30 cable. Particularly if your source is an iPod. I bought a $7 cable at Circuit City and it does exactly what it is supposed to do. No interference, no crackling, no problems. Just pure clear Barry Manilow. (ok...maybe not Barry Manilow)

[brutal]

i use monster cables for my bass and synth and they are great quality. i also like that they are lifetime warrantied. i guess i will try out a 3$ cord before a monster. thanks alot.

[ace rothstein 81]

I bought a $5 6 ft. Recoton stereo mini cable from Best Buy and it works great with my iPod mini. Sounds as good as a cd.

[CopyChief]

In your insulated, high-end home theater, cables like those from Monster are probably going to make a difference, particularly over long cable runs. However, in a car, hooked up to your iPod, with mid-end equipment and speakers, you're not going to hear a lick of a difference. If you think you will, start with the $3 cable.

[KimberKenobi]

I stand by my gold-tipped Belkin cable that I got from Wall*World for about $4.