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"Mattinglyfan" <Estoscacahuates@comcast.net (deez nuts)> wrote in message
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> >>> "Mattinglyfan" <Estoscacahuates@comcast.net (deez nuts)> wrote in
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> >>>>> <asahitoro@nospam.com> wrote in message
> >>>>> news:C5Fre.136001$w15.100803@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> >>>>>> What's the best (costwise) route to go with my Sony 60XS/Arcam
> >>>>>> AVR300/KEF Reference setup? Being a closet audiophile wannabe, I
> >>>>>> understand better cables/better quality but am wondering if the
> >>>>>> Monster
> >>>>>> 400 cable is worth it over the Microsoft version:
> >>>>>>
http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/FeedBack/CustratingReview.asp?item=N8
> >>>>>> 2E16874103005
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Are they both component connections? Will I see a substantial
> >>>>>> improvement over the standard RCA setup? I've sunk enough dough
into
> >>>>>> my
> >>>>>> Xbox and I'm weary of sinking much more with new consoles around
the
> >>>>>> corner? It's more for my kids but OK I admit I play a lot as well.
> >>>>>> I'm
> >>>>>> probably going PSX3 as soon as I can get one so again, I want to
> >>>>>> limit/monitor my future investment in the Xbox. I have some games
to
> >>>>>> trade for the Monster 400 cable if anyone is interested as well.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks for any input,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Don't get caught up in cable hype/confusion.
> >>>>> Pick up the MS pair and save your money.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have tried all types of super high end to low end component,
> >>>>> toslink, coax, stereo cables etc and so on.
> >>>>> There is no difference at all between $2000 dollar component cable
vs
> >>>>> $30 dollar cables.
> >>>>> Monster is to cabling as to what Bose is to speaker/audio.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Dick, I just bought the Bose 3-2-1 system for Father's Day. Don't
talk
> >>>> about my Bose!
> >>>
> >>> *trying to keep a straight face so hard it hurts ;-)*
> >>> The Bose 3-2-1 system is a decent setup for the price. I am talking
> >>> about their single speaker tiny ass cube systems. I recently had an
> >>> addition done to my home. My subwoofer was delivered on the back of a
> >>> tractor trailer (freight). The workers thought I was having a new oven
> >>> or fridge delivered. When I told them what it was one of the guys
almost
> >>> fell off his ladder. I took them down into my basement to check out
my
> >>> theater and I did a few demo's for them. They were completely blown
awya
> >>> but there is a catch.....
> >>>
> >>> yah ready? ;-)
> >>> One of the guys told me "just wait until I get my Bose this Fall! I
will
> >>> invite you over so you can have speaker envy." I had to do everything
I
> >>> could not to fall on the floor laughing.
> >>>
> >>> That is how brainwashed the public is over Bose.
> >>> Bose, like Monster, has the public fooled into thinking they are
> >>> extremely high end.
> >>> They have made a fortune from the incredible marketing and hype
machine.
> >>> Take you for example
> >>
> >> You are an audiophile. I am a sports fanatic. I will not spend $2000
on
> >> a set up when I still have 3 children 5 and under in my house. I will
> >> spend $2000 on an autographed HOF helmet and jersey from Dan Marino but
> >> I'll be damned if I will spend that on anything that depreciates as
> >> quickly as electronics. My WEGA was the most that I have ever spent on
> >> electronics and the only reason I was allowed to buy that was because
our
> >> Toshiba big screen didn't fit next to the fireplace in our living room.
> >
> > Screw my kids! I am the only one that matter in my household... ;-)
>
> I don't mean that I need to spend that money on my kids, I mean that they
> are not old enough for me to punch in the stomach for breaking my stuff.
Damn you. You got me again.
I just sat at my desk with a fresh cup of coffee!
>I don't have to punch my wife because she has a job and can replace them if
> need be. No such luck with my 1 year old. He just learned to walk and
put
> a crack in my WEGA with a f$%#ing Higglytown Hero action figure. After
> hitting him in the head at long range with a size 11 Reebok, I felt too
bad
> to continue the beat down.
>
> > Actually electronics is my hobby, it's my only vice so my wife allows
it.
> > Besides, I can get back what almost every dollar I shelled out for my
> > speakers and most of what I spent for my electronics. Good quality
> > speakers and electronics retain their value for years and years.
> >
>
>
'cept my dad ain't too much of a reader 'less its the paper
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