Customer Reviews

Monster IDL1002M Datalink 100 Digital Coaxial Cable (2 meters)

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4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

In response to the previous negative review from "An electronics fan from Houston, Texas," this is a digital audio interconnect cable. It does not run from your DVD player to your TV. It runs from the digital coaxial audio output jack on the DVD player to a digital audio input on a Dolby Digital/DTS surround sound receiver.

If you don't have a surround sound set-up, you don't need this cable. All of this is covered in your manuals and on the Monster Cable packaging. Don't be afraid to read those manuals.

This is for the gentelman from Houston who has been lost in the world of cables and wishes to return the Monster Cable IDL 100 Coaxial digital cable. Do not return it!! As another reviewer suggested, you run the IDL 100 from your Digital receiver (it will not work if your receiver doesn't have a digital coaxial out put) to your dvd player. You connect the end of the IDL 100 with the arrows into your digital coaxial out put in the back of your reciver and the other end of the cable into your dvd player (NOT your TV) This cable is an audio cable NOT a video. The back of your Sony TV is for video connections: component, analog or S video. Read your owners manual or visit Amazon.com, find your tv model, your dvd model and read thechnical information. You will be surprise how easy it is.

...designed to lift money from the wallets of the American public. If one is to transmit digital signals like those that come from the back of DVD and CD players reliably, 100% shielding is a basic requirement. This cable is not 100% shielded; look for foil in addition to the copper braid. Further, digital signals don't care about super low resitance or impedance. If the bits get there, the amplitude is incidental once a sufficient level is achieved. Over a distance of >10feet, big and fat are just to make you feel good about spending $40 on a $5 piece of hardware. *see below for a possible exception to this. Thirdly, if you don't have balanced electronics, what difference could an unbalanced cable with RCA interconnects make? RCA connectors will never be 75ohm connectors; they will never be balanced. The arrows are mostly to make you feel good about your purchase. Usually it simply indicates the company specs that any drains are attatched at the end to which the arrows point. If you have such a grounding problem as to cause interference in your playback, an RCA will never cure anything. As a feel good genuflection to the audiphile gods, attach all your arrowed interconnects with the arrow pointing the same way. And lastly, look into VSWR and how the design of this RCA affects it. The large diameter of this cable and therefore the diameter of it's dielectric might help here, but if you can see the solder job, the chance of unhealthy levels of VSWR is greater in that once the signal reaches this RCA, the differences between the RCA's shielding, and other properties, and the properties of the coaxial cable are sudden and definite. If you have the money to spend and like to massage your cables as you install them, this company makes some nice looking/feeling stuff. Not surprising in the world of audio--big marketing hype over substance.

I used this to replace a CommScope 75 ohms coax data cable. Good looking, much better flexibility, but only a little bit sound enhancement. Stereo image a little more defined, and no better fequency extension. Perhaps with a better CD player it'll do the trick.

For some time, I had been reluctant to switch to coaxial digital cables. I figured I was getting good sound with the optical cable which I paid [price] for, and why should I spend another [price] for digital coaxial cable. Last week I switched to Monster Cable IDL 100 Interlink Datalink 100 coaxial digital cable and now my optical cable is collecting dust in my garage. The difference in the sound is incredible!!! This Interlink 100 cable eliminated "sound inpurities" and turned it into a much crispier, detailed sound. The bass from the subwoofer is crystal clear and powerful but without the "puffy"/distorted bass. dvd players have both connection options in the back. Some new models have only the digital coaxial option. Buy this Interlink 100 and experience the difference yourself. You will not be sorry you switched. I give this product two thumbs up!!!

Have brought 1 of these some months back. First impression were that it is very well built and the connectors really connect tightly to you RCA. I am using it as a Coaxial cable from the digital out of my CD player to my DAC. It is certainly an improvement from a standard coaxial cable. But after using it for some time, I found the music to be dull and lacking in dynamics. I thought it was due to my system but I swoop it to a Belden 1694a coaxial cable and the music instantly transformed. It became very dynamic and the bass tightens.

I had compare these to the cables I have and these are my personal findings. Monster seems to image better than Canare GS1 but loss out in the dynamic. Currently, Belden 1964 is my choice when compared the the other 2.

I would recommend this if you just need a good quality digital cable for other use. For music, please try something else.

Just purchased this cable to hook up my DVD player to my Receiver.

The audio is transmitted perfectly and now I can finally listen in true Dolby Digital!

The cable is sturdily built and should definitely last a lifetime, however if it doesn't, Monster Cable has a great warranty.

Sure I could have purchased a cheaper cable, but here on Amazon, I got this thing for around $13 which is pretty cheap for a Monster Cable.

I connected this cable to my 42 inch HD Plasma TV and ran it to a Harman Kardon AVR 240 (which was ranked #1 multi-channel reciever by a consumer magazine) and am impressed with the sound quality. Some will argue that these monster cables are overrrated and over priced, but I've always used them on high end components. If you are going to spend thousands on a home theatre setup, you might as well spend the extra couple bucks and buy the top of the line cables. If it makes even a LITTLE difference, then its worth the 15 or 20 dollars more in my opinion.

Quality company and a great warranty policy as always.

Amazon had the BEST price by far on this item as well.

This cable is SO wide! It is polarized (there is an arrow on the end that goes to your reciever/tv)

Heres the stats from a fluke 75III:

Correct polarity:
Data link: .00 OHMS resistance
Ground : .00 OHMS resistance

Incorrect polarity:
Data link: .03 OHMS resistance
Ground : .01 OHMS resistance

I'm really impressed with the wire/insulation and soldering job they did! Not to mention the turbine coaxial connecter (click on the picture for a close up, NICE!)

I have used this and the optical cable. For $20 less, it sounds just as good. Monster cable is a great price point investment for anyone who wants to get the most out of their home theater system.