"J" notanymore wrote...
No monster then, hosa is fine?
I'm too weak to use monster's toothed RCAs anyways.

Monster defines the level where you are paying for the
name and not for any discernable benefit to you.

OTOH, if you are a San Francisco 49ers fan, you get the
benefit of going to "Monster Park" where Noel Lee (who
started "Monster Cable") likely has a luxurious skybox.
http://www.sf49ers.com/fan_zone/stadium.asp While
I admire Mr. Lee's business success, I am not inclined
to support it.

Hosa defines the lower level of acceptable quality. It is
likely OK for fixed-installations (I use it myself), but many
have reported failures (breaking at the moulded connectors)
in repeated portable use.

That was one of my concerns - what does double shielded
mean? I was hoping the pairs were shielded, then the whole
was shielded. Evidentally not.

"Double-shielded" in a (relatively) inexpensive computer
cable almost always means two layers of aluminum foil
over the entire cable. I've never seen a comptuer cable
with individually-shielded pairs. At least not in 30 years.
Digital signals don't need it, so there is no profit in doing it.

...weaving...
sounds pretty, but it's not a component you can just 'install'.

I'd bet that somebody could come up with an efficient cable
"weaving" machine and make a bit of profit providing
custom flat-cable combinations. Could become the next
Noel Lee and have their own sports stadium! :-)