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Blue Jeans Cable -- Quality Cables at Reasonable Prices


How do they compare? Which one is better and why?


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[islewind]

Blue Jeans gets the edge, based on superior durability, better finish, and better tolerances on the connectors. I'm not a person who puts much stock in all sorts of performance gains from exotic cables (at least not anymore!), but I have experienced firsthand the benefits of a cable that is well-made, will last a long time, and has good terminations and connects well. I do like monoprice stuff for a lot of applications, but Blue Jeans are generally made better.

 

[juniperlater]

I am always shocked by the quality of both at their price. I currently have nothing in my system from either, but they are both quite good at their price points.

 

[revolink24]

The issue I have always had with monoprice is lack of shielding, they tend to be noisy and pick up interference. I must say, however, that the best value is almost always DIY.

 

[LeftyGorilla]

This issue has been beaten, flogged, etc.

see, e.g. http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f21/my...7/#post5351973

I have both. The BJC is unquestionably "nicer." But it's basically a fashion statement. No audible difference.

Agreed that DIY may be a better option than either, though closer to the BJC price-point.

 

[Mehve]

In high interference locations/situations, I've definitely found the BJC stuff to do a much better job of blocking noise, and they have a much more robust feel and look about them, but otherwise no audible difference that I've ever been able to notice.

 

[IPodPJ]

I have experience with both and can easily say Blue Jeans is the better quality cable.

 

[tim3320070]

They are exactly identical at producing a digital signal. One may last longer than the other possibly (due to the jacket). I buy $6 HDMI cables for my $5000 Pioneer Kuro display because it does not matter. On or off, 1's or 0's.