More toys for the gullible public

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steelersman

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iwire said:
After reading your link I did some Googling, swell company.:rolleyes:

http://www.monsterminigolf.com/bully.html

http://www.eastbayri.com/detail/80811.html
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Thanks for the good links. I can't believe these bullies. Ticks me off to no end. I can gladly say I've never once purchased an overpriced, overhyped monster cable product. And I obviously never will!

On another note...I was thinking of starting my own electrical company. I was going to call it Monster Electrical Services. :) <--Joke. I guess I'd better think of a different name unless I'm willing to fight the big battle like the MonsterMiniGolf people are. Good luck to them, and I hope they can bring these bullies back down to Earth.
 
TOOL_5150

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iwire said:
Matt, where do you find unbiased info on such equipment?

Truthfully without a lot of expensive testing gear how do we know if it really does what it is supposed to or it is just a box with some stuff in it?

I can entirely understand why you would want to protect your gear, perhaps the best way is a contactor that disconnects the equipment when your not using it?
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At the time I was looking to purchase a new conditioner, I had the oppertunity to have a furman and monster side by side and pull the covers off. the specs read better, the parts looked better and all over the build quality of the monster just beat the competition. Having 1 audio source go through switchers, audio processors then out to 4 amps can cause a lot of hum. The monster killed all hum with the whole setup, The furman did not. The only thing I couldnt do was put an O-scope on the output and see how really clean the power was.

Ill post a pic of the inside later on- when I find it.

~Matt
 
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steelersman said:
Thanks for the good links. I can't believe these bullies. Ticks me off to no end. I can gladly say I've never once purchased an overpriced, overhyped monster cable product. And I obviously never will!

On another note...I was thinking of starting my own electrical company. I was going to call it Monster Electrical Services. :) <--Joke. I guess I'd better think of a different name unless I'm willing to fight the big battle like the MonsterMiniGolf people are. Good luck to them, and I hope they can bring these bullies back down to Earth.
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You should call it Monster Electrical Services and Support: MESS for short :grin:

~Matt
 
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mac,

When is the last time you were in Rincon? It has been on my list of places to go surf for 10 years and I think this year may be the one. I have been told it is a great place to go, just not on weekends because of the localism, a friend of mine showed me pictures of Tres Palmas from last winter, it was huuuuuge. Some great surf there.
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Check your P.M. I have hijacked this thread enough allready.:roll:
 
steelersman

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TOOL_5150 said:
At the time I was looking to purchase a new conditioner, I had the oppertunity to have a furman and monster side by side and pull the covers off. the specs read better, the parts looked better and all over the build quality of the monster just beat the competition. Having 1 audio source go through switchers, audio processors then out to 4 amps can cause a lot of hum. The monster killed all hum with the whole setup, The furman did not. The only thing I couldnt do was put an O-scope on the output and see how really clean the power was.

Ill post a pic of the inside later on- when I find it.

~Matt
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I don't care how much they pulled the wool over your eyes, I would never buy from them knowing what I know now from how they bully small businesses into forfeiting their rights and names.
 
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marcerrin

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Fulthrotl said:
let's quit fooling around and go to maximum extreme silliness....

gentlemen, i have for your viewing pleasure, a cable designed to interconnect
your checking account to the manufacturer's checking account.

it may have audio or electronic properties as well.

this is a cord to connect surplus money to a needy corporation.
it is the best there is. actually, it is ONE speaker cable. it is $30,995.00
$62,980.00 a pair.

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this is a 2 meter power cord. it is the best there is.
it is $1,995.00







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where to order them?

http://transparentcable.com
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Holy crap!! I thought you were joking. Theres a cable on that website that for $43,000!!!!
 
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marcerrin said:
Holy crap!! I thought you were joking. Theres a cable on that website that for $43,000!!!!
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guess i missed that one... who would have thought they would
go above the $30,000 per cable ceiling established by wal mart?

see, with just a little research, absurd can be shown to be increased
by 43 percent. i wonder if it sounds 43 percent better than the
$30,000 cable......
 
TOOL_5150

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steelersman said:
I don't care how much they pulled the wool over your eyes, I would never buy from them knowing what I know now from how they bully small businesses into forfeiting their rights and names.
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Im not trying to sell their product... Heck, My opinion of them as a company has changed since I bout that piece of equipment - roughly a year and a half ago. I was just stating facts about a product of theirs that I own.

~Matt
 
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James@CHA

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iwire said:
I think EVERYTHING monster cable sells is a high priced scam.
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I would use any of their products for Audio/Visual, but range and dryer cords seem a little odd. Maybe people think their clothes will dry faster?

The Audio/Video gear is top quality, most definitley not a scam.
 
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ishium 80439

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About 6 months ago I took an A/V class and there was a rep from one a cable manufacturer (for the life of me I can't think of which one, General Cable maybe?) and the topic of speaker cables came up. Basically he said that the whole overpriced speaker cable is a sham and everyone knows it, but if people are willing to spend money on it they are willing to keep providing it. Aren't there many discussions on this board about maximizing profit? If someone wants a $300 receptacle from me I will provide and install it with a smile.:D

He also said that HDMI was bunk, that component A/V cables still gave the best results. I have not researched that one myself but considering the source (ie someone who will make money on the sale of HDMI cables) I feel that the statement has merit.
 
steelersman

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James@CHA said:
I would use any of their products for Audio/Visual, but range and dryer cords seem a little odd. Maybe people think their clothes will dry faster?

The Audio/Video gear is top quality, most definitley not a scam.
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It might not be a full blown scam, in that you are getting what they claim to be selling, ie. gold plated this and that and yada yada yada, but it's definitely not doing anything better for your ears. It's not improving the sound quality enough for the human ear to detect it IMO. Maybe computers and monitors and the like can detect the "improved" acoustics, but I don't buy into that mumbo jumbo. Especially after reding the experiment where people couldn't tell the difference between monster cables and coat hanger wire, when music was played through both as speaker cable. :)
 
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