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 great price, and the cables work perfectly August 10, 2005
JPL (San Francisco, CA United States)
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
I have a Sony STR-K760P receiver with 6.1 channel surround. I'm feeding my DVD in through digital coax, but my DirecTV and XBox both supply Dolby Digital 5.1 via optical output only. While these cables seem a bit delicate (I certainly wouldn't want to step on them, and I was careful not to bend them around sharp corners during setup) they work perfectly! Digital is all-or-nothing, either you get the full signal or you don't. There's no need to buy $20 - $50 digital optical cables from Monster or any other manufacturer, these will work great. My XBox sounds amazing when playing DD 5.1 games.
MONSTER SCAM GOING ON OUT THERE July 27, 2008
Clifton M. Mitchell
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
OK, you have been shopping for cables to finish off your new home theater system and time after time a salesperson tells you about MONSTER cables. Well, when it comes to HDMI or Red/Blue/Green component cables, getting something nice with gold fittings is the way to go but spending big bucks to buy the MONSTER brand name is way over rated. Search our some similar but way cheaper cables on Amazon.com. Now regarding these optical cables. Brand means nothing. Transferring a light signal is transferring a light signal. A gold fitting means squat. As long as the optical cable you buy delivers the light signal from a cable box to your TV or audio system, you good to go. Example, I purchased a MONSTER Cable on sale for $38 bucks before I saw this cable on Amazon.com. Glad Circuit City has a 30 return policy with receipt because I sure used it. Once my less then less than a buck optical cable arrived and I saw that it delivered a light signal just like the MONSTER cable with the MONSTER price did, I returned that overpriced cable faster than you can say jack rabbit. When installing your optical cable, look close at the shape of the fitting and the shape of the whole it goes in. Kinda trick to make sure you are placing it in correctly and push it in snug. Do not jam it in without lining up which side is up. Also, do not crimp the cable. You are dealing with fiber optics here so keep the cord from bending at a sharp able to keep your light passageway from getting blocked. ENJOY AND SAVE BIG BUCKS.
Why pay a ton of money for a Monster cable? February 15, 2007
P. Walton (Philadelphia-ish)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I wanted to connect my XBox to my surround sound system, so i did a search for "XBox optical" and the Xbox 100X Fiber Optic Cable by Monster Cable came up. I'm a total noob about audio, so i checked with a friend to see if the XBox needed a particular style of optical cable or if any would do. He suggested that any would do, so i found this 3' cable for about one tenth of the price of the monster cable. I'll cut the long story short: it worked perfectly. For me, it's not worth paying 10 times the price to get a similar product with a fancy name on it.
3" Optical Cable May 25, 2007
Do Dien (Orange County, CA.)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Excellent price, got order within 2 days and product works perfect. Can't Complain, shipping is high but still cheaper then purchasing from retail store.
 Optical Digital Audio Cables-3 foot August 13, 2007
Linda C. Peters (Pinehurst, NC USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
These cables were so much cheaper than the ones that you would purchase at Best Buy, Radio Shack, etc., that I was a little suspicious about their quality, and whether or not they would actually work. When I received them and hooked them up, though, I was very pleased. Delivery time was also good.
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