1:21 Planet Waves 1:37 Mogami 1:53 Lava 2:09 Monster 2:25 Kirin Cable 2:39 Planet Waves

If you want the right test, you must do this with cables of the same size. Because length affects the sound with its resistance. A short cable of the same brand sounds more clearly when a long cable makes the sound less common.

Mogami and Kirlin sounded better to me

From Leo: The big difference is always the cheap junky cables vs the quality cables. I can measure differences with my Oscilloscope and a signal generator. The differences between the junk cables and the good cables is pretty drastic. The difference between the quality cables of equal length gets pretty small. If you already have a $40 cable, an $80 cable will not make you sound better on stage.

Great video. I’ve been playing with top of the line guitars and amps, but playing with cheap cables. I’m buying Mogami now. Can’t believe it took me this long.

Too variations to make a real conclusive decision 🧐

I can only ear differences in picking : sometimes a bit near to the neck, sometimes near the bridge... The only way to hear differences between cables (or not) would have been a reamping from a record.

Thanks a lot for this, I loved planet waves, awesome.

Ive had a 20 ft Monster rock cable for 20 years and still hasnt failed or lost quality

I just bought Sommer Cable The Spirit XXL ,its a cable with great tone and very durable.With Neutrik jacks works great.

Do it closing your eyes, without spoiling yourselves and you will doubt everything

I’m tossing up between getting an AMS cable that is metre long or a 0.3 metre fender cable. Do I go quality and shortness or maybe not so good quality and length?

The Kirklin sounds like it has a blanket over the amp in the first couple of sounds. I guess it depends what frequencies you need and don't want from your particular guitar. By the time you shape your tone with effects and EQ etc it probably doesn't matter much.

Mogami is great. I've used more of the Livewire Elite as it is a less expensive high quality cable that is clear full frequency. I have found Monster Cable to actually work against me as as is gives you more power and edge and less dynamics in my rig. But if all you do is high gain it's great too.

They all sound great! I use "Live Wire" cables

I'm not convinced cable cost makes any appreciable difference to sound quality, but it does definitely make a HUGE difference to noise level. Especially with loads of distortion, your grandmother could hear the difference.

Do you know about bespeco cable ?? How abou that cable ?? Please explain to me if you want and you know

I set my fender bass p up I put gable in it made a buzzing noise , it’s a new guitar and a new fender rumble amp 500 could you help please cheers Greg

The Mogami wins

The Mogomi to my ears sounds the Best

If you are listening through flat response monitors the clear winner is the Lava cable closely followed by the Mogami cable (which I have used for years) I have a Lava 15LCUFR coming because I purchased a Friedman 4x12 from Sweetwater and my inside sales guy was willing to throw in a really nice cable, I have stacks of Mogami so if it really does sound as clear as it does on this video then I'm facing a huge rewire bill that I'm not really excited about. I can see the capacitance is quite a bit lower than the Mogami Gold series. To be fair the Lava cable is 112.95 vs a 15ft Mogami coming in @ 59.99-69.99 so yeah there is that. Will repost after I've done a side by side comparison. As for Monster cable, I hate them because they EQ your sound. The Planet waves cables are high quality cables, both monster and Planet waves just don't reach the clarity or low capacitance of Mogami or Lava. In closing, I've had to switch out quite a few Mogami cables over the years, I hope this is not the case with Lava. If anyone has any thoughts they would like to contribute concerning Mogami and Lava I would like to hear from you..

I'm just here checking up on mogami's legitimacy. Seems legit to me. I hope this video isn't sponsored lol.

I solder my own cables and have for years. They are all 10' with Neutrik NP2RX-B on one end and Neutrik NP2X-B on the other. I mostly use Canare GS-4 and sometimes Mogami. I like the Canare because of its 4mm diameter. I almost always play seated (Big Band and 7 piece jazz band etc.) The 4mm diameter is not a problem because the signal is MILLI VOLTS. Even with a 4mm cable it's like driving a tricycle through the Holland Tunnel.

There will always be people who say Mogami isn’t worth it but a very quick test for you to find out that they are, is to plug a Mogami into your left monitor and another cable into your right. I tried this with 3 different brands and was pretty surprised at how much louder the Mogami side of the monitors were. Also, if using powered monitors, make sure it’s trs cables and not guitar cables.

Good cables make a difference for sure. The most difference I have heard was on recording beats off of a sequencer. The monster sounded a lot louder and clearer. Not all of the planet waves are the same. The 20ft is better sounding than shorter ones to me on guitar.

The only one that sounds different is the Planet Waves, but that's because you can see that the mic position is different on that one.

Maybe we're being psyched into spending more. However I did hear more punch during the one Mogami take maybe. Plus I would never doubt Japan, they make quality stuff.

It's more about construction and durability like you said. How well the connections are soldered and gauge thickness and makeup of the wire used.

The Mogami is clearest, for sure. Whether that factors into the sound you want is another matter. I like the softer attenuated sounds personally.

You can buy Mogami cable in bulk and attach your own connectors with a little soldering. That way, you can customize the length and choose such things as a “silent” connector (e.g., from Neutrik) on one end and you will save a bit of money versus buying a pre-assembled cable. You know that annoying sound you get when the amp is on and you are about to insert the free end of the cable into your guitar/bass output jack? The silent connector eliminates that.

mogami wins. more clarity on the tone. second is lava. but im surprise with the kirlin cable. i own one cos it costs less. but in terms of sound, the difference between kirlin and those high end cables is really not that much. i actually like the clarity of tone with kirlin cable. but i guess the downside is it tends to hiss a bit.

Mogami and Monster sounded strongest to me. I wish they were next to each other in the edit.

5:14 more cowbell!!

What better song to demonstrate with than one by John Mayer

Mogami. Has clarity and extended range response but not harsh in the upper registers.

Mogami and Kirllin are the fullest and brightest which is what you want. It's easy to adjust down with tone knobs...but it's hard to adjust a poor chord up or bright

I use Asterope and George L's and I love the sound I'm getting, but the warranty on both brands suck.

Where is the Lava Ultramafic It kills every cable on the same price

What model of mogami?

Make some video testing cables with overdrive please.

el cable monster, me da la impression que no hace perder calidad al sonido de las capsulas y paso al 'kirlin es mínimo.. casos como 'planetwaves y 'lava. es casi como si fueran ecualizaciones distintas, increíble que los cables afecten a la calidad y espectro del sonido. buen test gracias!

The mogami sounds good but, the kirlin sounds amazing.

Cable length matters more than brand. It’s been scientifically proven that the signal isn’t even close to saturating the wire inside. Length and signal noise and durability is different amongst cables but sound quality is not when length is the same. Period.

Mogami is best overall, but Kirlin seems a bit more detailed.

a guitarist from my band sent me this video saying he could hear differences. i listened with eyes closed on monitors and honestly... nothing. no difference whatsoever. so those of you who can hear the differences, may i ask you to tell me which frequencies i should listen for? i'm genuinely interested. by the way, i'd also be interested in a null test. record the guitar's di through let's say the most expensive cable, then start reamping using each one at a time. once recorded, combine all of them into pairs, flip the phase and let's "see" the differences.

mogami monster kirlin planet 4:25 4:49 5:02 4:13 5:28 6:00 = 6:15 5:15

I think Mogami and Monster sounded best. But the test (or comparison) should be done with equal length cables to minimize margin of error.

This kind of videos will reach mayor clarence if they were a Blind Test. Don't put names of each one of the products, just sound till the end. Finally everyone got a more difficult but diverse sense of quality. The style of music and the amps I think it will be the same in all examples.

The Mogami has the most clarity and best tone out of all of them!

Why you change de riff for the planet??

Mogami or Free the tone is a winner. And yes in the event a Mogami should not function just go to GC and they'll give you a brand new one.

Mogami then monster

They sound close enough to the point that in the mix you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.....

I think the monster sounded better with articulate and defined notes

I think it is up to you to give us the verdict. Over this media, it all sounds the same - like most people here have told you!

I may sound stupid. But to me the monster and the mogami have the clearer high end. The lava has a more warm or leveled out tone. And the kirlin does this thing were notes that aren't being articulated doesn't come through compared to the others? Idk maybe it's all in my head. Monster and Lava sounded the best to me

Mogami

Dude Kirkland surprised me at the very end a lot of mid range

The Mogami is louder than the Monster, but i think the Monster sounds better, the others are behind them

I endorse Schertler, so I’m slightly biased. Good video review though! 😎

This is a pretty good comparision. Seems like Kirlin sounds a little bigger.

i love mogami is very solid sound, lava is more smoother in high frecuency's kirlin cable boost low end and mid sounds weird , planet waves i feel lost some signal but got extremely good magnetic shield i got all cables

Lava cable like alder wood .. awesome

I don't hear a difference. I've had problems with Monster. A mic cable was giving me popping sounds. I sent it to Monster and they sent me a replacement. I had a Monster instrument cable that would static-out when you moved it around. Now I just strictly use Mogami.

would have been better if you had added no playing sound just to hear noise from each of cable

I felt sometimes the Lava had more transparency and detail than the others.

Your what alvays used?

Mogami > Monster >the rest is just average

kirlin sounds best to me

I like Lava and Kirlin, they sound warmer n more present to my ears

they all sound the same to me.

I bought a lava cable from their website in 2016. It took me 6 months of emailing without a response until they said they're sending it that day. They sent me the wrong length. I had to sit on my amp in order to use that cable. Guess the marginal sound difference is overshadowed my the horrible customer service, or lack thereof.

You can't make a fair comparison unless all are the same length and have the same gauge wire and plugs.

Mogami and Lava sound identical to me: excellent.

Mogami sounds best then Monster second best to my ears.

Mogami delivers more tone.

well farted on the cable etc...lol...buy them cheap thin cables and switchcrafts that break...Kirlin is a good cable..it's bigger and its better than a 20 dollar fender cable....that does sound a lottt better.

5:28 5:57 6:11

PICK up the pieces!

The difference in sound is so minimal, but the price difference is quite considerable. When playing live those minimal differences in sound kinda go away in the mix.I have been using kirlin cables for about 2 years now the quality’s superb, they sound very good to me, and the you can get six for the price of one mogami.

i think i'll switch all my cables to mogami .... :)

I prefer Mogami

Kirlin

Mogami by a landslide

Monster is sharp

I have monster cables and lava cables

Gold is a better conductor. It's always going to be the better choice.

The brain plays tricks on me this should be a blind test Ie you see the name you think you hear quality

MOGAMI

Mogami showing up every frequencies

The Mogami sounds more articulate than the others.

All sound diferent , we need a looper pedal to listen some diference !

Planet waves cable wins.

The Mogami was much clearer and brighter to me.

Mogami by far, then Monster, then I guess Kirlin and Lava, but those two were really close so they kinda tie for 3rd place for me sound wise. Planet Waves definitely had the weakest signal and wasn't as clean either.

No. Just get the most durable cable you can get.

lol. all the same.

Good video,thanks!Kirlin has very clear sound.

Mogami is the best

to bad you didnt test a asterope it is better than all of these