i bought monster subwoofer cable for $30 canadian...although i like the way they give bass and sound.....i wanna find another cable that works just as good for less money cuz i can still return the monster cable to the store still....i know ive seen the acoustic research but they cost almost as much as monster....i live in canada so if any of u know were to get good 1s for less tell me.....or i was wondering can i just use my old rca red and wite cord and would it sound just as good ....i rather by a subwoofer cable better though
Keep the Monster Jay. You're satisfied with it. You won't find another cable for THAT much less, and the cost in time that it will take you to get another, cheaper cable will probably counterbalance the difference anyways.
how's this for an experiment: get a normal ordinary coaxial cable, you know thekind with the needle-like ends. Buy a pair of coaxial-to-RCA F-adapters (about $2 each at Radioshack) and attach them to each end, and use that as your sub cable. Do a blind A/B test (ask a friend or family member to help) with that versus the Monster cable and see if you can hear any difference.
The coax + adapters setup should cost about 1/2 or 1/3 of the Monster cable.
I read about this on another forum a while back and decided to try it...works wonderfully. The person who suggested it said that for a subwoofer's low-frequency signal the coax would actually be preferable to a single RCA cable. I have no idea about the technical whys and hows, just know that it works fine for me---no need to pay double or more for something like a Monster sub cable.