HDMI cables are all the same?

HDMI is defined by standards, e. g. EEEI. So, if it called HDMI, it should meet those standards, regardless who makes it. Are there defective cables out there? Sure. Are there people making HDMI that do not meet the standard? Sure. So, if it a true HDMI cable, there is not difference. I am a fan of monoprice, and I have compared their HDMI cables to ones costing twenty times their price, and I can not see or hear any difference.

05-03-11: Buconero117
HDMI is defined by standards, e. g. EEEI. So, if it called HDMI, it should meet those standards, regardless who makes it. Are there defective cables out there? Sure. Are there people making HDMI that do not meet the standard? Sure. So, if it a true HDMI cable, there is not difference.

Umm, you left out the part that it is possible to exceed a standard, that a standard does not imply perfection, but rather, sets an acceptable level of performance for the majority of consumers.

Given that this is Audiogon, we're generally not satisfied with the same level of performance acceptable to the majority of consumers.

There are also standards for SPDIF digital cables, and so what ? They all sound different.

i use hdmi cables between a transport and dac and i have heard differences. i am now using a harmonic tech copper . i compared cardas, audioquest, and signal cable.

the sound differed in each case.