Monster Cable ULT I1000-4 THX Ultra 1000 Audio Interconnect

by Monster

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 48 x 1 x 1 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006RVNN
• Item model number: 127058
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 27, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

When You're Serious About Home Theater You Need the Highest Performance Cable
Serious home theater isn't just about watching movies-it's about experiencing them. Achieving the best possible picture and sound means using the most advanced, highest definition cable. For Monster Cable, that meant making our best even better. The main criteria was performance - to create the world's highest quality, most advanced line of home theater cable. So, Monster joined forces with THX, the leader in audio/video quality assurance programs for select movie theaters, home theater components, and DVDs. And a new breed of ultra performance home theater cable was born.

For Those Who Want the Best: Monster Ultra Series THX-Certified Home Theater Cable
Monster's Ultra Series is a result of hundreds of hours of critical listening, testing, re-evaluation, and engineering refinements. Only the most advanced Monster technologies, designs and materials were used. And of course, every cable had to meet the stringent certification standards set by THX. As you'll see and hear, the results are ultra impressive.

Today's High Resolution Audio Sources Require Higher Performance Analog Audio Cable
DVD Audio and Super Audio CD (SACD) are some of the highest quality sources available today. How many analog cables you need depends upon the format. DVD Audio, for example, requires six channels of analog audio outputs connecting to a proper AV receiver which has six channels of audio input.

Introducing Monster Ultra Series THX-Certified Analog Audio Interconnects
Whatever high resolution Audio format you use, Monster Ultra Analog Audio cables ensure that the accuracy and dynamic impact of the original signal is captured with more realism, more power, and amazing clarity. Leading edge technologies include Bandwidth Balanced multiple gauge wire networks for meticulous frequency response and elimination of phase distortions and time smear. The result is an exceptionally balanced, coherent sound.

Product Description

For Those Who Want the Best: Monster Ultra Series THX-Certified Home Theatre Cable Monster's Ultra Series is a result of hundreds of hours of critical listening, testing, re-evaluation, and engineering refinements. Only the most advanced Monster technologies, designs and materials were used. And of course, every cable had to meet the stringent certification standards set by THX. As you'll see and hear, the results are ultra impressive. Today's High Resolution Audio Sources Require Higher Performance Analog Audio Cable DVD Audio and Super Audio CD (SACD) are some of the highest quailty sources available today. How many analog cables you need depends upon the format. DVD Audio, for example, requires six channels of analog audio outpurs connecting to a proper AV receiver which has six channels of audio input. Introducing Monster Ultra Series THX-Certified Analog Audio Interconnects Whatever high resolution Audio format you use, Monster Ultra Analog Audio cables ensure that the accuracy and dynamic impact of the original signal is captured with more realism, more power, and amazing clarity. Leading edge technologies include Bandwidth Balanced multiple gauge wire networks for meticulous frequency response and elimination of phase distortions and time smear. The result is an exceptionally balanced, coherent sound."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No better than a coat hanger, December 9, 2010

By 

Axel - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monster Cable ULT I1000-4 THX Ultra 1000 Audio Interconnect (Electronics)

5 out of 5 audiophiles can't tell the difference between these cables and a coat hanger.

[...]
"We gathered up a 5 of our audio buddies. We took my "old" Martin Logan SL-3 (not a bad speaker for accurate noise making) and hooked them up with Monster Ultra Series THX 1000 Audio Interconnects (decent cables according to the audio press). We also rigged up 14 gauge, oxygen free Belden stranded copper wire with a simple PVC jacket. Both were 2 meters long. They were connected to an ABX switch box allowing blind fold testing. Volume levels were set at 75 Db at 1000K Hz. A high quality recording of smooth, trio, easy listening jazz was played (Piano, drums, bass). None of us had heard this group or CD before, therefore eliminating biases. The music was played. Of the 5 blind folded, only 2 guessed correctly which was the monster cable. (I was not one of them). This was done 7 times in a row! Keeping us blind folded, my brother switched out the Belden wire (are you ready for this) with simple coat hanger wire! Unknown to me and our 12 audiophile buddies, prior to the ABX blind test, he took apart four coat hangers, reconnected them and twisted them into a pair of speaker cables. Connections were soldered. He stashed them in a closet within the testing room so we were not privy to what he was up to. This made for a pair of 2 meter cables, the exact length of the other wires. The test was conducted. After 5 tests, none could determine which was the Monster 1000 cable or the coat hanger wire. Further, when music was played through the coat hanger wire, we were asked if what we heard sounded good to us. All agreed that what was heard sounded excellent, however, when A-B tests occurred, it was impossible to determine which sounded best the majority of the time and which wire was in use. Needless to say, after the blind folds came off and we saw what my brother did, we learned he was right...most of what manufactures have to say about their products is pure hype. It seems the more they charge, the more hyped it is."

Of course, a coat hanger doesn't have a Monster Cable lifetime warranty, so if your coat hanger breaks, you'll have to go out and buy another.

4 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EAR-PIERCING..., March 23, 2005

By 

Zhe Man Tong (San Francisco, CA. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monster Cable ULT I1000-4 THX Ultra 1000 Audio Interconnect (Electronics)

Ya know, there's really no point in wasting your time or money fooling around with different brands of cables when you could just wind up buying THESE cables instead and get it right the FIRST TIME around...

I can hear everything in my movies hella loud and HELLA CLEAR with these cables... Even the TONE-DEAF can hear it!
Everything sounds painfully and perfectly accurate, plus there was alot of really nice, powerful bass.
Everything was hella pronounced and audible, not muted or weak-sounding like you'd expect... Just in a word: "TIGHT"

Isn't that what we ALL wanna hear?

I mean, I only got the volume by about 1/4 of the way up, and I was totally satisfied with the level of sound in my living room.
Even at much higher volumes, I still couldn't hear or detect any of that unwanted distortion or so-called 'crackling noise' that you would normally get with them cheap-ass cables; so I guess that sound quality really DOES matter.

For whatever type of format you personally prefer to use let it be DVD, SACD, or CD; what REALLY MATTERS is that if you want to start hearing your movies and music WAY BETTER than it ever was before, then I say you should buy these cables RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW...

Get the BEST and screw the rest!!!