I absolutely LOVE stories like this! I have always said that you really, really, really, really, really, really, need to have a super-trained ear to tell the difference between Monster Cable and standard Radio Shack small gauge speaker wire (sold on a spool at a SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper price per foot). This guy takes it one step further (and better). I'm bummed because I put really cheap speaker wire into my wall (for my HDTV) and could've put coat hangars instead! :(
From the Consumerist:
Can you tell the difference between music that passed through a pricey Monster stereo Cable, and a coat hanger? A reader forwarded us a post from the Audioholics Home Theater Forum and its author says no. He says his brother ran an experiment on him and four other audio aficionados listening to a new CD from a new group blindfolded. Seven different songs were played, each time heard with the speaker hooked up to Monster Cables, and the other time, hooked up to coat hanger wire. Nobody could determine which was the Monster Cable and which was the coat hanger. The kicker? None of the subjects even knew that coat hangers were going to be used. This is, of course, "nothing new," a Google of "monster cables vs coat hangers" shows that some users have been saying this for a while. Still, this is an experiment begging to be recreated under controlled conditions (say, for instance, a double-blind test). Science fair project! Read how it went down, inside...
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