Mediabridge Subwoofer Cables

Mediabridge Ultra Series - Dual Shielded Subwoofer Cable - RCA to RCA Gold Plated Pro Grade Connectors (both 25 Feet and 15 Feet items): Highly recommended for computer speaker use. I bought three of the 15' version and two of the 25' version of these shielded RCA male/male cables for use in a desktop computer surround sound environment, and must say I'm blown away by how great my speakers sound now! A little background: I have a fairly serious home/office setup with 2 PCs and a Mac Mini, 2 LCD screens, 1 large CRT, wireless hub, 3 printers... let's just say lots of hardware in a small space -- all with their various power cables and data wires or wireless connections. No doubt there's plenty of RFI/EMI/radiation flying around here, and it's probably contributing to my receding hairline. My custom-built oak computer desk was especially designed to hide all the wires with lots of cut-out holes and hidden cable runs, which unfortunately packs lots of cables together in sometimes pretty tight spaces. I work at home all day, listening to MP3s and talking via Skype; also there's a little light gaming some evenings. For the past 5-6 years I'd been listening to a SoundBlaster X-Fi Elite Pro with Creative Gigaworks S750 7.1 surround speakers (non-powered; amp inside subwoofer enclosure) and had been pretty happy -- until I happened across the phenom of "near field monitors" and other recording-studio-quality speakers. It was a humbling experience, walking into a music equipment store and telling the guys I thought I had a pretty decent setup and then coming to find out it doesn't even begin to hold a candle to decent setups. My Gigaworks S750 subwoofer/amp just happened to die suddenly during a lightning storm (it was actually powered down and unplugged, but I know, right?) so I decided to replace the whole speaker setup. After Googling and poring over tons of speaker reviews, I bought five KRK Rokit RPG6 speakers at the local Guitar Center because they sound good for the price (caught them on sale), they look good ("Black and yellow, black and yellow"...), and they have all three RCA, TRS, and XLR connections on the back. Plugged them in with my existing unshielded RCA cables from the Gigaworks setup and immediately got the infamous 60Hz hum and hiss. It was unbearably loud when the main computer was turned completely off, but got somewhat quieter when it was turned on and providing signal. The volume of this noise didn't vary much with changing the output volume from the sound card. So I Googled around a bit and discovered this could be caused by either a "ground loop" or interference (RFI/EMI) problem. Spent the next several days trying to figure out if I needed to invest in some heavy-duty "balanced" TRS or XLR wires and how to connect the 2-conductor RCA wires from the back of my X-Fi sound card to these 3-conductor wires. I almost had it when a couple of guys on head-fi.org suggested I try these cables instead. Long story short is these cables did the trick, in spades. Even being run right along-side lots of existing 120v, 60Hz power cables and such, there's no audible hum or hiss. These are also much cheaper than some of the brand-name competition. I didn't buy Monster cables and so can't compare, but IMHO zero noise is zero noise no matter how much you spend. Highly recommended for someone with a computer sound card and the RFI/EMI interference that goes along with typical computer installations.

I have 4 Definitive BP7002, 2 for my mains and 2 for my rears, with each containing built-in 300 Watt powered subwoofers. I already had my main speakers' LFE inputs connected to my subwoofer output (using a splitter) on my preamp using Monster M1000 cables. These cables cost me around $150/each for around 10 feet of cable but they have delivered excellent bass performance! I recently purchased a new preamp that contains 2 subwoofer outputs so I decided to buy another splitter in order to connect all four subwoofers. But I didn't want to pay hundreds of dollars for Monster subwoofer cable. Additionally, my rear speakers would require approximately 50 feet of cable. At first I was skeptical of the Mediabridge Ultra Series Dual Shielded Subwoofer Cables. They seemed too good to be true. After reading several reviews on the internet I decided to order 2 of the 50' Ultra Series Dual Shielded Subwoofer Cables for my home theater. I did have a problem with the shipment since one of the cables was the wrong cable. The label on the outside was correct but the actual cable was wrong. Not sure if this was Amazon's or Mediabridge's fault. Regardless, the correct cable was eventually delivered and I was able to connect them to my home theater. The cable quality is excellent! The connectors are well made and the cable is heavy duty. So far the sound is amazing! I honestly can't tell a difference between the bass response in my rear subwoofers versus my main subwoofers. Again, the only difference between my mains and rears is the subwoofer cable. NOTE, I think that "Shawn's" review is for Mediabridge's RG6 Series cable and not the Ultra Series Dual Shielded cable that I purchased. The Ultra Series cables have a purple stripe on the connector head and the RG6 Series cables have a green stripe around the connector head. I'm sure the RG6 cable is excellent as well but I prefer the more flexible Ultra Series cable. To see images of both cables, go to the main image on Amazon and click on the small photo underneath on the far right. This image will open and you can click on 2 more images to see the differences. The example shows only a 25' Ultra Series cable but I bought the 50' version. The problem is Amazon is selling both of these cables (RG6 and Ultra) and have the exact same header describing each cable. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME CABLE!!! Buy the cable with the purple stripe on the connector head. Overall, these cables are amazing regardless of cost! But the fact that they have a list price of $30 is incredible! And then Amazon is selling them for cheaper than that....WHAT?!?!?!?! Definitely buy these cables! **** UPDATE **** December 2012 It has now been 1.5 years since my initial review and I just wanted to provide an update. I still love my Ultra Series Dual Shielded subwoofer cables! The low frequency response is as good as my much more expensive Monster subwoofer cables that I have for my front subwoofers.

I like Mediabridge products. Quality feel and function, no cheap feel, nice ends, yet doesn't break the bank. Their banana plug ends are sweet!!! Cables fully functional and I have no complaints, in this price range, or the sonic capacity of their hooks in this price range. Yes, to a point of diminishing return, better cables/hooks can allow the transfer of better signals but you spend mightily for that small incremental increase in realized, audible audio improvement. I have some of those hooks and they sound good. But they cannot make the sound BETTER than the source. Mine are hooked to $10,000 McIntosh components, and no the Mediabridge cannot compare. But you can afford the Mediabridge and still have quality likely higher than the big box stores sell that claim to be Best. Best I can tell they use all copper wire. This is good cause some don't, including some speaker wire so beware. You don't want that stuff. Higher impedance and greater signal loss. No thanks. Real copper and OFC is the only way to go. (Unless you can afford silver wire.) You think you can hear a BIG difference between $300 hooks compared to these, and have the disposable cash, then buy those. Be happy. Sleep good. Some CAN hear the difference, me one of them. A lot depends on your speakers there, too. :) Want to transfer a quality signal on a budget, try Mediabridge products. This is their niche. I like em and my main system is McIntosh. I use different cables for that, but the cost is waaaaaaay different.

Very good product at a good price

Llegando a casa lo conecté al subwoofer de mi teatro en casa. El material se ve y se siente de calidad. Tiene una conexión perfecta y segura, a diferencia del cable "original" del equipo. Es cuestión de probar el equipo por un periodo más largo de tiempo, pero con la prueba inicial mostró buen desempeño el producto. SI LO RECOMIENDO...

Nice build quality. Sounds very good.

Built like a tank. Fits securely. Not a subscriber about sound difference from speaker cables but they do the job well and priced well. Highly recommended!

I haven't used other SW cables; this is my first one so i'd not compare this with others. Got this brand new cable in a good packing. The build quality is good. It works as expected without any flaws.