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why is it important?

#23
dideah said:
is the wire that connnects your bass into the amp important? i forgot what its called.. a cord , wire , jack? wtv u know what im talking about is it important? and why and where can i get really nice ones?
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Yes it is important and I use Monster Bass Cables but if you’re a beginner any instrument cable will work - just make sure it’s an “instrument cable” and not a “speaker cable”. The instrument cable is use to connect the bass to an amplifier, and you can get instrument cables at music stores, Radio Shack, and Best Buy and some well stocked electronic stores.
 
#26
Cables don't add but they can subtract. You'd be surprised the full range of your bass you will hear through a good cable. Reasonably priced cables from Bayou or Lava. Canare with neutrik ends. Cheaper than Monster. What store is open at 11:00 at night?
Monsters attenuate the highs to give you an apparent big bass. Just tomfoolery.
Play what you want. The ends always came unscrewed on my Monsters. The jacks are a little larger than standard so vintage effects collectors won't use.
Again cheaper can be better.
 
#27
A cable that 'sounds like a blanket' over your amp suggests a high capacitance to the cable. This is considered a FLAW, unless you're Monster, then it becomes a marketing campaign and they'll tell you you're getting more BASS. ;)

Most reputable companies, cheap or expensive won't sell cables like this. I can't believe that this topic has any legs any more on TB or anywhere else besides the audiophool industry.
 
#28
BurningSkies said:
A cable that 'sounds like a blanket' over your amp suggests a high capacitance to the cable. This is considered a FLAW, unless you're Monster, then it becomes a marketing campaign and they'll tell you you're getting more BASS. ;)

Most reputable companies, cheap or expensive won't sell cables like this. I can't believe that this topic has any legs any more on TB or anywhere else besides the audiophool industry.
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I just love it when people find it necessary to bundle an entire group of people and sling mud at them. :rolleyes:
 
#29
chadds said:
Cables don't add but they can subtract. You'd be surprised the full range of your bass you will hear through a good cable. Reasonably priced cables from Bayou or Lava. Canare with neutrik ends. Cheaper than Monster. What store is open at 11:00 at night?
Monsters attenuate the highs to give you an apparent big bass. Just tomfoolery.
Play what you want. The ends always came unscrewed on my Monsters. The jacks are a little larger than standard so vintage effects collectors won't use.
Again cheaper can be better.
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I don't know about you, but I use fancy hand made cables. The maker personally warrants them for life and as a service to me, he's also at EVERY show and practice I play. He even carries a soldering iron, solder, and tools with him. If a cable goes south, he just takes 5 minutes to fix it. On the side, if a guitar or bass has an electronics problem, he'll fix that to on location. And he'll do simple repairs to mics, mic cords and stomp boxes...

The maker even measures, cuts and makes the cables at my house for me and at my own work table! How's that for service! Try to get Monster to make a custom cable for you at home!
 
#31
Ray Salamon said:
I just love it when people find it necessary to bundle an entire group of people and sling mud at them. :rolleyes:
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Ray, there is a big difference between audiophiles and audiophools. Audiophiles can separate the myth from fact and buy based on facts and hard data. Audiophools buy $150 AC cables and $200 bags of rocks and swear they can hear a difference without one single solitary shred of scientific proof. Duke LeJeune builds high end audio systems for rich folks' mancaves and home theaters based on solid scientific principles. He is a true audiophile. The bag of rocks guy and his idiot customers are audiophools.
 
#33
BurningSkies said:
I don't know about you, but I use fancy hand made cables. The maker personally warrants them for life and as a service to me, he's also at EVERY show and practice I play. He even carries a soldering iron, solder, and tools with him. If a cable goes south, he just takes 5 minutes to fix it. On the side, if a guitar or bass has an electronics problem, he'll fix that to on location. And he'll do simple repairs to mics, mic cords and stomp boxes...

The maker even measures, cuts and makes the cables at my house for me and at my own work table! How's that for service! Try to get Monster to make a custom cable for you at home!
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I use this same guy! Great stuff, but he seems grumpy at times.
 
#39
I have really tried to find a difference between my two remaining Monster cables and the $19 replacements I have bought, and . . . . aside from not having that slightly-too-large jack to fight with, I can't tell any difference.

Yeah, I used my ears. Heard nothing. I do not know what the big deal is but I do know that paying more than about $1/ft for a guitar cable is stupid. It's still just a length of wire that can and will get lost/stolen sooner or later. Why spend $50 for it?
 

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