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Caution Monster XP Spkr Wire

While hooking up my DEF TECH SM 65's yesterday I discovered that Monster XP spkr wire has TWO layers of insulation. First is the thick pink part that is stripped off. Then underneath that there is Another layer that is very thin & almost transparent. It is very easy to miss removing this thin layer and a poor connection will result if this is overlooked.
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11-20-12: Rok2id
...I am not into the wire thing, but I respect your views. Now, a REAL CAUTION concerning Monster would be their interconnects. I have broken two pieces of equipment trying to remove their turbine style RCA interconnects, they fit like Vise grips.

I agree with this. Plugs have to make good contact with the jacks for good signal transfer, but they don't have to mutilate them. I won't use Monster RCAs unless I take a flat screwdriver and slightly bend the turbine-cut collar outward a bit to loosen it up.

In the mid-'90s I got some Monster M1 (or M1000, can't remember which) speaker cable that was incredibly 3-dimensional over the StraightWire ribbon-8 I replaced it with. I wish I'd kept it. At Audio Advisor's closeout price it was killer for the money.

I like AudioQuest's RCAs. They make excellent contact yet plug in and unplug smoothly. Ditto for Kimber and Zu.
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