Monster Cable Lawyers having fun?

[Bluestrike_2]

A month or two old, but still interesting. It seems that Monster has been sueing everyone with a Monster in their name. Snowmonsters, the first link, is for kids (skiing and snowboarding). The second is a news story talking about them sueing a used clothing company. The last one is a forum....

http://www.snowmonsters.com/monstercable/

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic...L&type=business

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=487733&highlight=bose

Thoughts? Opinions?

[Muzikman]

Never owned Monster Cable stuff, and probably never would have, but not I really don't like them.

[HoppysMag]

monster cables as in the wireing for cars?

[paintgirl66]

Monster Cable is the best company for cables. (that you can buy in a normal store anyway) They make all sorts of stuff. But that sueing thing is kinda crazy. I own a few monster cable things, and my brother's a certified monster cable somethingerother. they DO have quality stuff... even if they're greedy....

[-=Squid=-]

Monster Cable is the best company for cables. (that you can buy in a normal store anyway) They make all sorts of stuff. But that sueing thing is kinda crazy. I own a few monster cable things, and my brother's a certified monster cable somethingerother. they DO have quality stuff... even if they're greedy....

You speak the truth. They make nice instrument cables.

- Goro

[Muzikman]

There are SOOOO many other cable companies with just as good or better cables for cheaper prices. Monster Cable is the Bose of the cable world.

[paintgirl66]

meh, i still like them.

[-=Squid=-]

There are SOOOO many other cable companies with just as good or better cables for cheaper prices. Monster Cable is the Bose of the cable world.

... And Bose sounds killer.

- Goro

[Target Practice]

Gotta love the far reaching Hand of Hype.

Edit: Perhaps some graphics are needed.

[Muzikman]

... And Bose sounds killer.

- Goro

Compared to what? The $200 Sony sitting next to it? Sure...but go to a real audio store, Look at what you can get for the same price range. You will change you mind. Bose stuff is over priced, simple as that. If their HT systems were $500 cheaper, they might be a decent system for their price.

Same with Monster cable. I am not saying they don't make a decent product, but they are not worth what they charge. You drop that price 30% and I might be willing to buy them.

[brianlojeck]

anyone with the sack to charge $80 for 3 feet of coax deserves to be strung up, or stinking rich. ;-)

[Miscue]

... And Bose sounds killer.

- Goro

Haha. You guys are hopeless. Bose = sucks for the price... and just sucks in general. You can get cheaper stuff that is WAY better.

Monster cable... or using an extension cable from home depot = same performance. But Monster cable is really pretty.

I did get their tool-less banana plugs because they work well and are reusable.

[Muzikman]

meh, i still like them.

Don't worry, we won't tie you to a horse and drag ya through the mud because of it.

[Target Practice]

Don't worry, we won't tie you to a horse and drag ya through the mud because of it.

I might. I haven't done that in a while. Starting to miss it, in fact.

[Bluestrike_2]

AO still has well educated people.

Bose is garbage. Plain and simple. They don't publish their specs because there are no mid-ranges, no highs, and no lows. Must be Bose....

Their listening room at Fry's, Disney, etc.

Look in the back. Krell amps, pre-amps, etc. Thousands of dollars. Ceiling mounted speakers.
Bass shakers mounted under the seats to give the illusion of good low-sound. Garbage.

I thought I'd be flamed for posting this. Glad we got some real posts.


We must educate AO about Bose and Monster.

Did you know that Bose wrote a formal letter of complaint against a college student who wrote a bad review about them.

Heres a post I made on another forum(and got flamed)

Well Sol, it was about 20 minutes....
(This took about 15)

You want the small profile speakers? There are dozens of other companies
that manufacture better speakers for the same, or less price.


Tannoy
KEF
Energy

Oh heck, heres a link...

http://www.intellexual.net/speaker5.html

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volu...ro-12-2003.html

Sol, please do not compare Apple to Bose. That's foolish. The Apple products are good, high quality. Now while I do agree that the iPod has been promoted nearly to the point of Bose, one must admit that it all has good build quality. Bose does not.

Sol, I am not employed by a different company. However, this is a viewpoint shared by thousands of audio experts and audiophiles. You get what you pay for in some cases, certaintly not with Bose. People aspire to own Bose, even though it costs less than you could imagine to manufacture.

As for their own technology? Yeah, right....


Quote:


BOSE AND THE PATENT SYSTEM:

To quote from Michael Wong, a visitor to this site: "...a casual perusal of their website reveals that they have used money and lawyers to repeatedly abuse the patent system. They have patents for the Acoutimass (Helmholtz resonator), the Direct/Reflecting technology (multipolar speakers), their Acoustic Waveguide (transmission line), and their JewelCube technology (amalgam of transmission line and other old ideas). In each and every case, their patent is a joke; an obvious example of the all-too-common trick of making one minor alteration upon a pre-existing idea and then using an army of lawyers to get it patented... And why all the bother? Because it looks good to write "patented technology" on the box...". For a company that emphasizes cutting-edge research so much, I'm curious as to why their flagship 901 speakers have not seen any signigicant mechanical changes in the last 15 years. Where is the "better sound through research" going?


Their technology has been in use for decades, before Bose repackaged it. It's a well known fact in audio forums, and with audiophiles. They claim that their research allows them to do so much, but they spend more on marketing than all the high-end audio companies combined together.

Don't be fooled by the hype, and popularity. For instance, we use macs. Now, going by the logic set forth, they're inferior because they're not as popular. Why, let's ditch and go to Windows/Bose!!!

Also, many home theater in a box systems(ugh!)actually sound better. Many in the $500 range. I linked to a variety of systems up top.

How about when they sued Consumer Reports for a rating of 62/100 for 'unscientific testing' when they used a double blind test, perhaps the most neutral one could get. They lost, but still instilled a sense of fear in reviewers....

Again, I don't want to erupt a flame fest, or get in a pissing contest. Hopefully this doesn't go that way and remains civil.

Off topic: Chip, do you use Leica equipment?