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Is Monster cable getting better?

I don’t like monster cables in general and I know it has bad reputation(nothing but marketing) among audiophile & videophile. It is like bragging about your Bose system to people playing high end audio.

I don’t know why but not many high end cable company makes hdmi cable. So I picked up a Monster 1000HD hdmi at best buy and thought Monster is all about marketing and its performance would be easily surpassed by other cable company. I tried Audioquest hdmi3(not sure if it is genuine but bought from an A’gon member with 500+ positive feedback), bluejean, bettercable, monoprice… Monoprice has the worst performance but it only sell for $5. Some silver cables might render a little more detail than the Monster 1000HD, but the contrast and color and overall performance are still not as good as the Monster. The monster 1000HD looks very natural and smooth without loosing details.

I guess I am done with hdmi cable search and will stick with Monster for hdmi cable. Has anybody tried the Monster M2000 and is it much better than 1000HD? For audio cable I am using transparent and haven’t tried Monster yet. Maybe they are getting better, too.
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angelgz2
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I've recently dissected a few newer models from Monster Cables, the iCable, the HD1000 and some ICs. My findings are the following:

1. Poor quality copper, noticeably lighter and less dense. When you touch them they don't feel like metal at all.

2. Poor quality connection -- easily broken due to the tight RCA connector (the solider work is so bad that it's not even close to what it used to be)

3. Noticeably cheaper material used, i.e. the insulation and the RCA connectors.

Bottom line: Compared to the old school "Monster Standard", the newer line of cables are not even close in terms of material used and the craftsmanship

The iCable cost $29.99 in retail stores and in my opinion not even worth $2.99.

The so-called "THX Certified" interconnects are equivalent to "I am a piece of junk".
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