Why is Monster M1000i interconnect overlooked?


Category: Cables

Just purchased a pair of RCA's for my system and all I can say is Holy Mother of the Audio Gods...what a Freakin Great interconnect!!! I've had $20K cable rigs that pale by comparison to what this one interconnect has done for my system...my enjoyment of music! Coherent, dynamic, extended, full of texture, color and most importantly...palpability out the ying yang...like a great tube amp was placed in my system, except I have a Krell integrated!! Another example of how the industry mavens push product and not musical enjoyment!!
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I have been using the M1000 Studio Mic. Cable for the past 5 years for my on site recordings live 2 channel.
I have never been disapointed with the sound.Very dynamic,live,and a very natural midband bloom.A master recording exposes everything your cable is capable of reproducing thru the mic feed and I was happy time and time with the results.
In part because the construction does not match the quality of its peers in its price class. Look at the cutaway drawing for the M1000 at monstercable.com and then look at the cutaway of the Audioquest King cobra at audioquest.com. Remember that the King Cobra is a $175.00 cable vs. $200 for the M1000. The King Cobra has 4 condutors that are solid core so no inductance problems between strands in the same wire package. The M1000 is stranded. No one uses 100% pure copper because it is too soft to extrude into wire. Ususally zinc or nickel is used to alloy the copper and make it stronger. I am not able to find out for sure but I suspect that the copper purity is higher for Audioquest and an number of other manufacturers or it may be the difference between nickel and zinc as an alloy.
I was certified by IEEE as a specialist in Power Generation and Trzansmission systems in 1975. Based on my experience, the stranded condutor is not conducive to clean signal. Both cables use PE as an insulator but the King Cobra uses hollow tubes so the effect of the dielectric effect on on the cable and signal is less. The shielding in my opinion is better on the King Cobra. It also has a drain wire which the M1000 does not. Now do these differences make any significant difference. In my opinion Yes and No. I have just switched from solid state integrated Yamaha CA-1010 amp to a custom built tube phono preamp(6months ago) , line preamp and tube amp. For tubed equipment the difference is significant. I have for many years and continue to use a M1000 between my Pioneer Elite CLD-95 laser disc player and a Denon 1602 A/V Home Theater and cannot tell the difference between the two. But the difference between my phono preamp and line preamp is painfully obvious. The M1000 sounds dull. I have one King Cobra which I use between my line preamp and aSony TCW7ESA tape deck. My mai cables are now emerals($80 new) and 2m Pythons ($300) new) both are discontinues models with the pythons discontinued since the first of the year. My conclusion is that the M1000 is just fine withsolid state equipment but under performs on tube equipment. The M1000 also seems to have a greater problem with ground loop interference in my recent experience with tubed equipment. I have a bunch of Monster M400 and 250 cables that I now longer need. Any one interested.
Its being overlooked because of its name only.I am
familiar with this ic, Its very musical and dynamic,
It has a very good soundstage.I have two of this ic.
I prefer the M1000i over the Opal AQ.Give it a try
and forget the brand.
Better Mom and Pop brands for fewer dollars. Take a look at Ridgestreet and Pure Note. They sell a better quality and a superior sounding product.
And the Audio World goes round and round...enjoy the trip whatever your delusion may be!!