Yet another reason I don't buy Monster Cable.

[Looneybomber]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/0...mpany/

[twistedsymphony]

I f-ing HATE Monster Cable...

their quality isn't even that good, I've got a whole box of their stuff at home all cables that died or broke in one form or another. Typically I get a call from friends and family that something started acting funny... if they've got monster stuff it's the first thing I check. Their optical cables are the worst.

If you're going to buy cables buy from http://monoprice.com 100x better build quality than monster litterally 4x better signal to noise ratio than monster and you'll pay 1/100th of what you'd pay for a similar monster product.

3 ft HDMI cable with thick twised-pair oxygen free wires, gold connectors, ferrite cores, and certified to 1.3b will run you less than $2.50 yes $2.50... Meanwhile Monster charges over $130 for a lower quality product

Screw-Em... my home theater and my car is all Monoprice cables these days, never had a problem and the quality is immediately apparent the first time you use them.

[wingFeather]

Glad I never supported them!

[Crazyirish]

Whats a good low cost alternative for thick gauge power/ground cables for car audio?

[Looneybomber]

Whats a good low cost alternative for thick gauge power/ground cables for car audio?

Garage sales, flea markets, ect. No lie, I picked up around 30ft of 4ga power and around 25ft of 4ga ground for 20bucks. I still have nearly all the ground, but I'd have to find that power cable. I think it's still in my BroncoII.

55ft of 4ga cable for 20bucks, mind you this was about 10yrs ago. You can't hardly get 10ga speaker cable for that price now.

This place has Pheonix Gold 8ga cable on sale for .57/ft.http://www.partsexpress.com/we...D=859

[joe603]

wow, I never knew that they were that type of company!

[Looneybomber]

wow, I never knew that they were that type of company!

And guess who's at it again!?

http://www.startribune.com/bus...nName

Inside Track: A Monster dispute is licked

Last update: July 20, 2008 - 10:05 PMAttorneys for Winthrop & Weinstine recently convinced Monster Cable that a product called "Monster Deer Block" would not cause confusion in the marketplace with its cable products.

There is a considerable difference, Winthrop attorneys argued, between a flavored salt and mineral lick designed to attract wild deer and Monster Cable's electric cable and connectors for wiring household electronics. California-based Monster Cable withdrew its trademark challenge after the Minneapolis attorneys filed a dismissal motion on behalf of Denco, an ethanol producer in Morris, Minn., that has been selling Monster Deer Block since 2005.

And in this corner The nation's housing and lending crisis will be center stage at the Graves Hotel in Minneapolis during the Republican National Convention. According to Politico.com, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be hosts of a reception at the Graves on Sept. 2, along with the Independent Community Bankers of America, the National Association of Homebuilders and the National Association of Realtors.

The dynamics of the event could be very interesting. Among those invited to the cocktail party are some of the same House Republicans who last week shook down Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson about the Bush administration's plan to bail out tottering mortgage buyers, the website reported.

Next Grisham novel? Speaking of the housing and lending crisis, a survey by a division of Eden Prairie-based Kroll Ontrack suggests that potential jurors would have little sympathy for subprime lenders if lawsuits concerning lending practices went to trial.

Nine out of 10 respondents said they believe companies that issued subprime loans abandoned their lending practices and took risks. Nearly half disagreed with the argument that companies "would not knowingly" make loans to people who couldn't pay them back. And three-fourths said it would be wrong for the government to bail out those lenders.

[Kiwi]

ive never liked em, i knew you were always paying for the brand and honestly i didn't even think the quality was that good, just one more reason not to like their products