Monstercable boycott.....

[Dracon]

I own some monster cables, but they are for my consumer products. I bought them way before I joined this forum and what good cables are.

I've had no complaints with them. However, my previous audio/video cables where the one's the really crappy one's that you get with your TV or VCR. I think I might have bought a pair of audio/video cables back in the 80s that were about as thin as a telephone cable.

So, my experience with Monster is great because when you go from crap to OK. OK seems awsome, and I wouldn't even know how to build my own S-Video cable anyway. Unless you guys know how, and where to get the stuff for video cables.

 

[mshilarious]

I went to the local BB to get some basic speaker wire. They used to carry 16 ga. RCA brand cable labeled "Home Theatre" wire. It worked fine and I think it was a little less than $1 a foot. Too expensive, but I can't always be bothered with mail order.

Except this time all they had was Monster. I found some that was basically the same cost; interestingly although it looked to be 16 ga., no gauge was labeled on the package.

When I got home I found out why--there is a plastic core that the copper is wound around, so the actual gauge is probably far less than 16. They claim it reduces 'skin effect' . But I bet the truth is that plastic is cheaper than copper.

 

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

his means that to put a single CD player, for instance, on a plane, that the same CD player you can get from Best Buy for $100 has to have almost $10,000 worth of testing to be certified for aircraft usage, which means that we get to charge $2500 for the same unit

Yea, but that kind of clientel can afford it, as you well know. Like my dad says, you won't see working class dudes buying new aircraft and keeping a private hanger UNLESS they built a homebuilt or experimental aircraft. Priced a plane lately? Or hanger fees? Or fuel.? Ha! Talk about hobbys of the rich and famous Experimental aircraft don't HAVE to use ALL certified parts. The starter on my dads plane came out of a Toyota. He custom machined an aluminum adapter for it. Thats why he flys a homebuilt Starduster. Even then, it still took almost 20 years to pay for the parts and build it. He just sold it to some guy in Africa because of the insurance, hanger fees, and fuel. The average working class dude simply cannot afford to keep a plane anymore.

As safe as plane travel is statistically, I'm sure everyone here would agree flying on a plane made of random, uncertified, undocumented, knock-off parts would be at a minimum a little worrysome

Absolutely. But on the same token, there is ANOTHER side of the coin. His best friend flew over dads house one day. He was circling and talking to dad on a radio he keeps in the garage. They both belonged to the Experimental Aircraft Association. All of a sudden, the planes engine started stuttering and then quit. He went into a stall and crashed less than 500 ft from the house. Killed him AND his son. Freaked Dad AND my mother out! Dad said that his friend just had an EXPENSIVE engine overhaul and was on his first flight with it. When they tore the engine down, they discovered not one, but TWO valve stems that broke right at the keepers. These were certified engine parts and mechanics. That tells me something. I've never seen my Dad so PISSED. I think if he ever found the CEO of the engine company or the valve manufacturing facility he would have killed him. Not to mention REEMING the inspection process, via the FAA. Certification. Doesn't mean shit. People STILL die.
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PS. When people board a commercial airline plane, do you think that WHOLE plane is certified when it takes off? I don't think it makes any difference to the loved ones of people who have died on these planes, CERTIFIED or NOT!

 

[Innovations]

I've bought monster cable a while ago in the past but have zero interest in doing it any more.