Is Monster Cable worth it?
Monster Cable all but invented the market for high-end speaker cable. Today it's an electronics-store staple. But some audiophiles say most people don't need it.
"Speaker cables can make a little bit of a difference in your sound, but for the average person, it's probably not even audible," says Brent Butterworth, editor in chief of Robb Report Home Entertainment & Design, a high-end audio magazine. Butterworth says he uses Monster Cables mainly because they're more durable.

"Many audiophiles think cables make no difference," says Mark Mickelson of SoundStage Network. "Then there are those who think they make a tremendous, monumental, huge difference. There's validity to both views."

USA TODAY ran a simple test with 20 feet of basic Monster Cable and Monster-brand connectors, which clip onto the end of each cable to make it easier to plug them into speakers. Cost: $15 for the cable and $14 for the connectors. The competition: 20 feet of generic speaker wire at a hardware store with no connectors, at $30 for 250 feet.

We cut the cables into 10-foot lengths, hooked them up to identical pairs of Bose speakers and connected them to a Sony stereo system. The more we listened to CDs from four very different artists — Miles Davis, Bruce Springsteen, the Beastie Boys and Sting — Monster Cable got a slight edge. On a second test, we preferred Monster Cable 100% of the time. The differences were subtle. Without a back-to-back comparison, we might not have noticed.

Still, Gene DellaSala, president of Audioholics.com, says he advises stereo shoppers to "put more of the money into the loudspeaker, when it matters most."

Contributing: By Michelle Kessler

Ref: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2005-01-16-monster-sidebar_x.htm

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