On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:15:30 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:

On 2/2/2012 8:00 PM, tiredofspam wrote:
Monster cables **** me off. They have made the cables very expensive.
Other manufacturers realize that Monsters are no different than theirs,
but to compete they raise the price to seem like this is not a cheap POC.

Don't buy cables at all for your speakers, buy 14 gauge copper lamp cord.
Basically all cables sold at the typical sound store are an extremely
high mark up item. I have a source for cable that needs to have ends on
it that makes up cables for about 20% of what you pay at a retail store.

HDMI cables, the likes of the ones BestBuy sells, make me laugh every time I
see them. $50 for a $3 cable? I think not! I wouldn't be surprised if they
made nothing on the electronics, counting on the gravy from cables (and, of
course, $5 warranties on $10 purchases).