Bought a pair of 20' cables while on vacation this summer. I had heard good things about Monster Cable. I brought them home and plugged them into different mics to try out. First was a SM57, and it worked fine. then I plugged into a couple pencil condensors for overhead mics. STUCK! the jacks seemed to be slightly bigger than other cables, and it was very difficult to slide out of the microphone.

I later plugged into my ART tubefire 8 interface to do a little recording, and again, got stuck!.. ended up breaking the preamp trying to pry it out.

Not worth it

I bought this cable in March 2008, and it failed in July 2009. This is absolutely ridiculous, especially because I bought the 10-foot version and left it plugged in behind my equipment the entire time. It's not like I was beating on it, dragging a 50-foot cable across a stage three nights a week. It had only been unplugged & plugged back in approximately three times!

I also agree with the other reviewer who complained about the plug being so fat that it cannot slide through a mic clip; that was definitely a pain.

I own two of these. One of them works perfectly, the other I've had to return TWICE because the cable was making noise. Yes, two cables in a row brand new, making a high pitched hiss. I tested them several times on my own mixer, a friends, and in the store. Each time with different mics, and everyone agrees that it's the cable making noise. The sales guys in the store also told me that they no longer recommend Monster cable, saying that there are other cables in this price range that are more reliable.

This is not coming from a guy who's only used one cable in his lifetime. I'm not a Monster represnentative! Although I should be the way I talk about them. I'll admit though they are a bit pricy. But these cables speak for themselves. I've tried all other cables and these rise above the rest. They produce a quick response. The sound is very crisp and clear. For me as a singer/screamer is a must! Since it's hard for people to understand me as it is. Ha! I don't need microphone distortion making it worse. Since I bought Monster's I haven't had a problem. If you get them, you won't regret it!

Ok, I will be honest, I was very skeptical about purchasing these for our Event Center because of all the obvious reasons, " No, the name does not matter..." , " Its live, no one will notice, no one cares...." , "Why would you buy such things, just get 50 others of another company for the same price of 2 of these."

When I got them, the quality of the cable was amazing. They feel strong and hefty, the plugs are nice and fat and it came with a cable tie.

So that was the first thing I noticed, but at the same time, just because they look nice, does not mean they will preform great.

We used 5 of these this weekend for one of our concerts and the performers where amazed of the quality of the sound (2 for vocals 3 for instrument mics) however I was amazed at how quite the stage was. There was no noise at all! That only happens when we are indoors, not outdoors. So I began thinking lets test these cables. I pulled the main vocal and replaced with a high quality standard music-store-brand mic cable. As soon as I un-muted the main vocal, I was getting noise ( sounded like pink-noise in the background) I asked a stage hand to test the mic for me, and wow, he sounded muddy. I switched the cable back to the Monster and WOW everything was clear, clean and the vocal was crisp. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT! Thank you for making a great cable!