On Sat, 22 May 2010 20:35:03 -0500, bud-- wrote:

Ron wrote:
On May 22, 7:53 am, wrote:
On Fri, 21 May 2010 21:56:54 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski"

wrote:

"Ron" wrote
Yes, but Monster uses oxygen free copper. That was their claim to
fame
with speaker wire in the past.
At least in the case of speaker wire there was some remote basis to
argue that the characteristics of the cable could affect the sound
Bull. Google coat hangers vs monster cables.
Some years back, Stereo Review magazine blind tested expensive speaker wires
versus lamp cord. No difference.
That is a bit incomplete. Although the claims of premium cable
companies such as Monster are mostly fairy tails, lamp cord in many
applications would be too small a gauge to carry the signal properly,
especially as the length of the run increases. I would agree that any
generic wire of the same size would be fine. Monster tends to be in
larger gauges than lamp cord. Size (and good connections) is what
matters most. Advertising and marketing hype... not so much.

The bottom line is, a LOT of people buy monster cable because they
think it's gonna make their stereo sound better, when in fact people
can't tell the difference between coat hangers and MC.

But true audiophiles *think* they can hear a significant difference. So
they fall for all kinds of scams. Try crosposting this thread to an
audiophile newsgroup (no - please don't).

The correct term is "audiophool".