Which cable do you trust to run your rigs?

Your honestly getting better value, better cable, better quality from companies like BTPA and some others vs Mogami or whatever companies like RattleSnake make and sell.



YMMV but there are simply better cables, better quality cables and cables that offer more value than Mogami and others IMO and IME.
 
Matt300ZXT said:
I have a bunch of old Monster Cables I bought when I worked at GC years ago. As far as I know, they all still work. They're mostly the cheaper ones with the plastic ends that you can slide the colored insert into so you can tell which cable goes where when you're building your rack. There's a few of the more expensive ones with metal ends, but I'm not sure how many, or even if I'm remembering correctly, as they're all in storage and closed up in my rack.

Since I'm going to be getting that Helix, Controller, and some Mission Engineering expression pedals, I'm gonna need some new cables. I have a Livewire Elite with the quiet sleeve thing on it that I've had for my guitar for years and dig it, and it still works like it did from day 1, so I'm tempted to buy a few Livewire Elite cables (without the quiet sleeve) to run the new cabling. I like that I can swap them at any GC if they ever die, just like the Monster Cables.

I'm looking at Mogami Gold, and a 10' cable is $68 compared to a 10' LiveWire Elite for $45. I don't care about 1 cable having better mids, or better low end response, etc, as my ears suck at picking up on that stuff, I'd never know. Is the Mogami cable really THAT much better, or the ends THAT much better that it costs $23 more? The LiveWire Elite has Neutrik connectors, oxygen free copper, internal stress relief, and a sealed boot with heavy duty jacket.

Is there a feature, or some magic in the Mogami Gold that makes it so ridiculously expensive? Or is it cork sniffery?
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Essentially its just marketing and cork sniffery.......

Many other cables in the market outperform and offer better quality than Mogami cables that cost less as well.


Here for example Mogami ranks in the bottom 10 of 79 different cables. Essentially Mogami is just priced more than other brands for no real reason aside from marketing and they sell to people who kind of really dont know any better that buy into the marketing.


 
I use Digiflex for my long attachment cables but have gone wireless for the guitar. Digiflex have been excellent cables for me over the years.
 
For example these are Mogamis best of the best, the Platinum cables......


Yet they ranked on the bottom 10 of 79 different cables when it comes to noise floor, mechanical noise, capacitance and overall performance and other factors and considerations. They even perform to a lower degree than their Mogami Gold cable but that isnt saying much as the Mogami Gold cable didnt perform all that great either.


So I mean one can buy the marketing but thats all your buying and other cables offer much better quality and performance for the same or less money than Mogami.


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Mogami 2524 for longer runs.
Mogami 2314 for pedalboard and short runs
 
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