Analog or Digital? Find more information on different types of audio cables.
No, CL2 rated cables come with slow burning outer jackets to meet building safety codes. This feature has no impact on the performance of the cable and the cables can be used both in-wall and out of w...
TS, TRS and TRRS are abbreviations for Tip/Sleeve, Tip/Ring/Sleeve and Tip/Ring/Ring/Sleeve. These often refer to the amount of contacts on the end of an Auxiliary cable or Quarter Inch cable. A TS ...
The bend radius on a cable is dependent on its thickness (gauge), length, and cable material. Monoprice’s cables carry a certain amount of tolerance and leeway for bending a cable, but we also carry v...
Look at the tip of the connector. It should be a shiny, metal gold tip. If it has a plastic tip, pinch it and pull it off the expose the gold tip. Make sure the connector is aligned properly and in...
The headphone audio jacked can be referred to as 3.5mm, 1/8inch, Stereo plug, Mini plug, Aux(auxiliary port). They can also be converted two 2 RCA via cables conversions. Please keep this in mind when...
Each strand is high purity copper, which is closer to 99.9% copper, but definitely not copper clad steel or aluminum or any other metal....
No, CL2 rated cables come with slow burning outer jackets to meet building safety codes. This feature has no impact on the performance of the cable and the cables can be used both in-wall and out of w...
There are not multiple strands in optical cables, it is one solid strand....
All our Toslink cables are POF (Plastic Optical Fiber). For most audio systems, you should not hear any difference between a plastic optical cable and a glass quartz optical cable unless you are at le...