Good RCA Suggestions
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Topic: Good RCA Suggestions
Posted By: ssnds
Subject: Good RCA Suggestions
Date Posted: November 20, 2005 at 4:55 PM
I am looking for some good but not an arm and a leg for my amp rca's. What are some good brands? I will be using three different sets.. but that doesnt matter.. my old system i just had monster.. but i am sure those aren't even mid-class.
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Posted By: ss-installer
Date Posted: November 20, 2005 at 5:23 PM
you can go with memphis. they are designed by at&t.
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Posted By: jeffchilcott
Date Posted: November 20, 2005 at 7:23 PM
there was an article somewhere about the quality of RCA cables, yes your cheap radio shack cables might be slightly worse then a name brand, but you will rarely notice the diffrence.
I cant talk much because we purchased a set of stinger expert rca's $80-$100!!!!! but the ends are a soild metal end, and there is no way to break them off, and I had recently been though a few pairs of others because I just pulled them from the amp and broke them off
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Posted By: kirktcashalini
Date Posted: November 21, 2005 at 2:34 PM
Monster is OVERRRR RATTED I have seen anywhere from 5 to 80 for RCA cables. you need to know where your running them, if its right next to a power wire, you definatly want the expensive ones, but if it is in a neutral location, the medium quality ones would probably work just fine. There is a local shop around my house that sells some, i dont know what brand they are, but they are tripple shielded, and my friend ran them down his 0 gauge wire with no interference whatsoever. Im no expert, but just keep in mind location, and how shielded they need to be.
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Posted By: ssnds
Date Posted: November 21, 2005 at 2:42 PM
yea i always run the rca's on one side of the car while the power is on the other side.. in my new case they will be about 2ft apart on the same side.. no problems there that i can see.
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SSounds
Posted By: pss5075104
Date Posted: November 21, 2005 at 4:54 PM
i personally disagree with monster being overated. but i have also been to monster traning's a few times. to an avrage person there might be a little diffrence but to an audiophile there is a world of differance and the tests that they do will show this. but what do i know?
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Posted By: ssnds
Date Posted: November 21, 2005 at 5:23 PM
so pss.. what brand do you suggest i buy then? ------------- SSounds
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: November 21, 2005 at 5:38 PM
All well-designed, good quality interconnects sound identical and test identically. There is no advantage to using very expensive RCA cables, as long as they are well-made and properly shielded. ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: luckydevil
Date Posted: November 21, 2005 at 5:58 PM
Just make your own if you can solder. The cable and connectors are fairly inexpensive. Star Quad cable is about $1 per foot and decent plugs can be had for about a $1 each. Parts Express carries everything you need to do it.
Posted By: ssnds
Date Posted: November 21, 2005 at 6:00 PM
great idea.. i dunno tho.. i'll check out the star quad cable.
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SSounds
Posted By: dragon51
Date Posted: November 21, 2005 at 8:35 PM
If your really wanting one of the best cables with out all the hype check out https://bluejeanscable.com/ stay away from monster unless you work for a place that sells it then you can get a heck of a discount then they are worth it. Blue jeans also have all you home audio wires too.
Posted By: j_darling2007
Date Posted: November 22, 2005 at 2:54 PM
I made my own from the ends you buy at radio shack and some shielded coax cable (the king you use to make wires for the TV, but a little smaller). They are ran right next to my 4ga. power wire and there is no interference at all. I paid about $10 for all the materials. ------------- There are 3 kinds of people in the world, those who can count and those who can't
Posted By: vogey
Date Posted: November 23, 2005 at 8:50 PM
ive had one set of "expensive" rca's that i got for cheap cause they where used, but they where hangen up next to the new ones and they where 110 for a 14' set can't rember the brand and its to cold out to go look in the bronco lol they are red and silver, but back to the comparison i couldn't hear the differance between the walmart soche (can't spell tonigh) and the expensive ones where ran straight down the middle to the amp and soche's where ran with the power wires
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Posted By: Steven6095
Date Posted: November 24, 2005 at 1:03 PM
Hello. I used cables from Knu Konceptz and was very happy with them. Just seem like a good product at a great price. Nice and heavy and very bendable but tough. I have used Monster, Street Wires, etc and these are my favorite and the price is right! https://www.knukonceptz.com/productMaster.cfm?Category=RCA%20InterconnectsNice guys and fast shipping!
Posted By: ssnds
Date Posted: November 24, 2005 at 2:40 PM
yea i was thinking about Knu Konceptz. Right now my car is torn apart waiting on RCA's, some blue wire to be used for my remote. I have other colors but i like blue being for remote. hmm.. My body in town who owns a car shop has Audiobahn rca's. just waiting for him to get out and about.. even tho its thanksgiving.. the knukonceptz do look very thick and heavy. that meaning durable. ------------- SSounds
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