Customer Reviews

Monster B SDC-1M Digital Coaxial Cable (1 meter)

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There's no such thing as a 1 and 0 on a wire... just high frequency analog signals that need to be passed well enough that they can be deciphered as 1's and 0's by the receiver. Guy from Providence is absolutely right - it has to be the right cable. A cable for digital audio has to be balanced and have low enough loss that it can pass high bandwidth (ie - digital) without attenuating or causing excessive jitter, etc. If the cheaper cable sounds no worse in your setup, maybe it's not so bad... or maybe the bit error rate was higher and just not enough to be noticeable.

Excellent cable that I purchased for a very good price. A price that was cheaper (at the time I made my purchase) than some of the cheap cables that are being sold here. I am very happy with the quality and construction of this cable.

I decided to use the digital coax input on my receiver for my HDTV cable box, as the optical inputs were already spoken for by 2 DVD players. As an upgrade from standard RCA jacks, there seems to be an improvement in sonic quality, as the sound appears to be cleaner, with a greater spatial effect. However, this could just be my imagination.

There are, however, definite benefits to using any digital coax cable over standard RCA jacks. First off, the cable is much slimmer as it is only one versus two distinct wires. Much easier to route, and takes up less space behind the units, which in my case helps in cooling. Secondly, if you have a good A/V receiver that can auto-sense the type of input (dolby digital, DTS, PCM, etc.) you don't have to manually switch it. Just select the audio track you want on the source, and it is done. In my case, I'm using the cable box, so different channels broadcast in different formats, from mono to dolby digital.

Overall, the cable is of very good construction, with a very firm connection. I anticipate years of good service.

I was given one of these as a gift. I replaced it in my Dolby Digital DVD to Amp signal path. It sounds no better than the cheapo Wal-Mart video coax cable I had been using for a couple of years. Then I thought, isn't that the whole reason to go digital in the first place? 1's and 0's don't know the difference between Oxygen-free copper and regular wire! Save your money.

The Hatfield reviewer doesn't know what he's talking about. A regular RCA cable will transmit some signal but will NOT transmit digital audio no matter what brand it is. You must have a digital coax to do this.

Monster makes a great affordable digital coax and this option provides the advantage of durability when compared to the optical cables.

Monster makes good stuff.

I was amazed at the difference a good quality coax cable can make. I'd been using an RCA audio in place of a coax. They look the same, but they most certainly are NOT!

If you have digital audio, get the right cable, and get monster!