Are these the Best Budget Audio Cables? Monoprice Onix

Are these the Best Budget Audio Cables? When looking for the best budget audio cables, you have to know what you are looking for. They should be oxygen free copper, have tight ends, but not too tight an should be reliable. Is it possible to get lifetime warranty audio cables on a budget? Find out why I am loving these Monoprice Onix and why I think they are the best budget audio cables.

Best Budget Audio Cables - Monoprice Onix

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[jstrahn]

Spot on observations. I bought a bunch of these for my car audio install. Great cables (aside from lack of +/- markings) but the ends were too long for my car audio application. Work fantastically in the bench or home audio environment. A real bargain!

[MS-nphv]

Good video, the real test is what's inside the actual cable, how about cutting one of the ends of and have a close look at how the cable is made.

[AllMyHobbies]

I’m running the Amazon basics brand and have been super impressed with the feel and quality and they work the same as any cable. And you can’t beat the price.

[TheSFFV]

I have built cables like that. The end I used were in pairs of red and blue. I also used 75ohm coax to make them. They sound really good. $25 is a good deal for pre-made cables.

[fabriziovigni]

The fact that a cable connector gets tight or not is not the only parameter when it comes to choosing cables. As far as I know, for RCA, any coax or microphonic cable (which have good shielding) should be ok. I made a pair of interconnects myself using microphonic cable (22 AWG) OFHC to connect my DAC to the amp. The sound is fantastic!

[XenoSeven]

The monster cables are designed to to twist as you install/ uninstall. That’s the reason for the “turbine” design

[HifiVega]

The color issue is a definite oversight, but other than that these look fantastic! The heads are a bit too big for car audio use unfortunately... I could certainly use them on the test bench tho

[ML-rmvk]

I went from monster inter to world best cables inter a huge difference in sound CDs that I know became more of every thing cheap and fine.

[audioaficionado]

I'm using the midrange monoprice cables. Work great.

[ChicagoRob]

They should have been constructed as directional cables: one wire hot, one wire return, with the shield connected only at the source end. Better hum rejection and better sonics.

[vannk]

HOSA brand cable. No gimmicks, fair price, works great. Also, their 3.5mm connector has a stepped down connector to easily fit phones that have thick cases.

[AudiophileTommy]

Use white - out on one side of the monoprice to use as left .

[totalplonker]

I'm all about getting my room as quiet as possible! Maybe I'm just a little sensitive to the background signal noise (noise floor) but for me, even though I'm running an arcam avr20 with a couple of matching high-performance 4 channel power amps (front stage/Atmos) which are driving my Sonus Faber speakers in a 5.2.4 configuration, which also includes a stereo pair of Rel subwoofers for my 4 × 3.5m (13 × 11.5ft) livingroom. I have to say it was only when I purchased quality shielded speaker & RCA cables did my room finally become exceptionally quiet!
My room is now so quiet there are occasions (without me opening my eyes) I'm actually unable to differentiate whether the system is switched off or if it's switched on. The room is really that quiet.
If one is looking to get rid of that so-called ambient sound of the room. IMO shielded cables are the only way to go. And bear in mind this is coming from someone who's changed his setup and cables multiple times.

Silence is Golden 🥳

[Digeeedad]

Very much on the late freight here but lately I've been using the Worlds Best Cables, found on Amazon. Their High Definition Audiophile cables use what looks to be the same locking RCA cable connects, as shown in the Monoprice cable here. The WBC use Mogami 2497 wire. Great very well constructed cable. Actually seemed to be an improvement in sound over my basic cables. Reasonable in price.

[misteragb]

I like the cables both red, maybe a small R or L mark would be nice

[C_O_N_C_E_P_T]

I’ve had these for a few years now. The reason they don’t do colors is these are really meant for sub duty not really rca but will be fine for that. They are rg6 copper. The other ones you have from mono are the rg-59 cables.
They don’t want to re-label these for rca colors is what I’m assuming because the majority of people buy them for sub or interconnects.

[jackykimes]

I generally like Monoprice products however this is the first cable from them that I cannot recommend. I was impressed w/the features on this cable for the price. I bought two versions just a few months ago, one as a Y-splitter and the other with RCA to mini-jack. Both were poor quality internally. The solder was open on one of the Y-splitter connectors. I opened another connector to find that the solder joint was strained under tension. The pin on the mini-jack cable arrived bent and broke when I gently attempted to straighten it.

[irashapiro]

I agree with a couple of other posts that Blue Jeans cable is probably the best bang for the buck. If you want to go a step up and not break the bank, try Cullen cables. Patrick Cullen is great to work with and will custom build anything you need. He did a 40-foot pair of XLR cables for me. Excellent quality in both craftsmanship and components.

[victorsupreme]

The Monster Cables are easier to plug in or remove if you twist/spin them as you do.

[SuperMatrix]

These connections are made as they should to set and forget.