Gold coated brass speaker spades

@czarivey Your last post is telling and not even worthy of a response. Suffice it to say your opinion is in the vast minority here, but you enjoy your Mogami and Kimber 8tc cables and whatever power cords — the rest of us know (and hear) better.

These truths do also reveal that for audio applications the differences will be so small that most of consumers won't notice and purchase fakes with happiness. 

@czarivey  No, it does not reveal any such thing.  Unless someone compared the Chinese knockoffs directly to the legit version you cannot infer the differences were “so small” — that’s just unfounded supposition on your part.  Not saying people weren’t possibly happy with whatever results they got with the fakes, but failing a direct comparison that doesn’t tell anything definitive about how close they sound to the real thing. 

@tkrtrb125 +1

Copper: The second most conductive metal, and the most common choice for audio cables. Copper cables are perceived to have a more balanced, "warm" sound. 

I’ve often wondered about this.  I’ve got both silver and copper and have experienced a range with both.  The thing I wonder is if copper is perceived to be more “balanced” because equipment may be more commonly voiced by designers using copper cables thus making silver sound bright by comparison.  The flip side would be, if equipment was designed more with silver cables would copper then sound a little less balanced and a little overly warm or veiled?  Probably a question for the ages, but as always system synergy and personal taste should be the final arbiter always regardless of metallurgy.  But brass?  Not when copper and even some silver cables can be had for (relatively) reasonable prices, which makes brass a non starter in my book. 

Chinese retailers were selling fake Harmonic Tech, Nordost, Siltech and other 4...5- figure priced wires for around $100 per pair and finding lots of success

@czarivey That don’t mean squat. Anyone listening to the same cable one made of brass and the other made of OFC, OCC, or silver would surely hear the difference. Stealing the look/geometry (if they even bother to get that right) only gets you so far.

It's all about brass being same as OFC and even Silver. All three materials can be used in audio wires and all will sound nearly same.

@czarivey  You’re kidding, right?  That’s just an absurd statement, and nobody makes cables out of brass wire for a reason. 

It’s how they sound to you in the end.  If the Tara cables sound better than comparably priced competitors with copper connectors I say go with Tara regardless.  Still surprising they’d use brass though because copper spades just can’t add all that much to the final price.  Not a good choice for a company like Tara IMHO. 

Brass??? No. Who is the manufacturer? No reason to keep it a secret.  Plenty of other good cable manufacturers out there.