I bought the Fusion cables to connect my 950 to the 770. They make a very tight, secure connection. Outside of this I cannot say if they are better than any other connector. I purchased them because I was able to get them at 10% off which made them cost about the same as the Golds. Where I live Radio Shack is about the only place in town. Got burned once buying Monster Cables, spent a lot of money for no audible improvement, (even e-mailed Monster about the actual specs on these cables and to this day they never responded though they offered me a free Monster Cable license plate bracket). I feel the Fusions are excellent for my use, wait and see if they go on sale or if you can get a discount using the Radio Shack credit card.