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nyguy4u

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Posted: March 09, 2004 at 10:18 PM / IP Logged

Can you use Monster Cable RCA home theatre cables instead of Monster Cable for the car?

They are both RCA's.. I would assume you could use any RCA's from Monster?.

Am I correct?

Reason being, I have some brand new Monster Cable RCA's.. but meant for home.

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Clean Install

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Posted: March 09, 2004 at 11:09 PM / IP Logged

rca's are rca's....they should work out for you just fine

If we learn from each success and

each failure, then we can improve ourselves

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soup

Copper - Posts: 79

Joined: October 09, 2003

Location: Canada

Posted: March 09, 2004 at 11:22 PM / IP Logged

Clean Install is right, any RCA cable will work on any RCA plug...

Some cables will be more shielded, and are made out of more conductive material, I think Car audio RCA's usually have more shielding... Those RCA's will work fine though.

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mobile1

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Posted: March 09, 2004 at 11:51 PM / IP Logged

shielding may be an issue. If you get any sort of noise in the system, try changing them

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Metra Tech

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Posted: March 10, 2004 at 10:48 AM / IP Logged

Shielding is definitely an issue, but you should be ok with the Monsters. A big concern with home audio cables is bending them around curves though. Most home cables will change their impedance and sound different when bent and in really tight turns they can even break. Try to keep them as straight as possible. I'm being anal-retentive here, but if you are putting home audio cables in a car, that should be your only reason for doing so, being anal-retentive.

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markcars

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Posted: March 10, 2004 at 11:43 AM / IP Logged

True, RCA is RCA but the wire is the difference, not just the plug at both ends. Wires that are designed for cars have extra strength features and wont react with the elements such as oil and heat and oxygen etc that might harm the wires that are designed for home use where you dont have these enemies attacking your cables. I've personally played with both types, and ended up paying about $180 for my RCA cables alone. They're well worth the investment I would say.

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