Monster Cable Studio Pro 1000 Instrument Cable (Straight 1/4 Inch Plugs)

This cable offers bandwidth balanced construction for accurate, natural sound reproduction and triple network multigauge Time Correct windings for a precise phase-coherent signal. Other features include microfiber dielectric wrapped wire networks for the fastest transients, maximum clarity, definition, and presence, Multitwist impedance-balanced construction for maximum signal transfer and noise rejection, and durable 24k hard gold contact, heavy duty high-current connectors. It is double shielded with 97% coverage copper braid and has a carbon-infused dielectric for noise rejection.

Balanced Bandwidth Design
This technology combines Time Correct windings with the use of selected multiple-gauged constructions to pass the music in correct amplitude and phase. Monster's balanced design interconnect cables use equal conductors for the positive and negative conductors with a passive "ground" shield. The positive signal must be identical to the negative signal, electrically and magnetically, otherwise there will be an imbalance, causing a resultant signal that is a distortion of the original waveform. That is why coaxial cables, commonly used in low cost interconnects (and some high priced ones also), cannot be correctly time compensated and will always be inaccurate.

The results of distortions in wire are audible because in the analog world, we directly hear the electrical signals transferred to vibrations in the air. These vibrations reach our eardrums, which send the signals to our brain, where we interpret them as music. Any distortions in this chain are correctly and accurately detected in our ability to hear variations in frequency and time, which relates to our perceptions of music, harmonic overtones, directionality, dimensionality, and space. Monster's Bandwidth Balanced constructions overcome most of these distortions (no wire is perfect) in a way that no other cable can. It's obvious that regardless of the purity of the material used (they have evaluated all the various LCOFC, OCC, six 9's copper, etc.), one must still overcome amplitude and time domain distortions to achieve accurate sound reproduction.

Time Correct Windings
While effective in lower cost cables, Amplitude Balanced construction does not complete the whole picture. Time domain distortions can be improved, but cannot be accurately controlled to give us the sonic attributes that are related to phase as described earlier. In interconnect cables Monster corrects these time domain distortions by creating a longer path and higher impedances for the higher frequencies. They cannot speed up the lows, so they must delay the highs. By winding the high frequency conductors to create inductance at those frequencies, we delay them in time to pass through the cable at the same time with the slower lower frequencies. This develops the ability to capture lost phase-related information such as dimensionality, soundstage, imaging, and depth.

MultiTwist
MultiTwist is an advanced cable construction that brings out nuances by minimizing intertransient noise and improving dynamic range.