Reviews of $10k plus ics, speaker wires, and pcs

Denon1, you bring up a good point. There are many smaller cable manufacturers who are always complaining that they are not taken seriously because they do not price their cables high enough. Some "have had" to come out with new, higher priced models just so they can compete in the marketplace. It seems that folks really WANT to spend more money, or at least own some cables with bogus retail prices that makes it appear as if they spent a lot on cables. The old "I have $10K cables" club, even though it only cost you $2K to get in.

There are manufacturers that refuse to get dragged into these games, and I have the utmost respect for those manufacturers.
As one of them says: "I realize that if we want to be taken seriously we need to retail our products at obscene levels, then we can offer $12,000 cables for only $2,500, but we refuse to play this game. Audio is dying because of these games and manufacturers need to offer real world pricing - and customers need to support these companies - if we are going to see two channel audio twenty years from now. Each set takes 14 man hours (person hours?) to complete. We swear your friends will think these were $2,000 and will not think you lost your job and are downsizing, especially after they hear them. Retail $ 16,968,324,578,999 or the national debt whichever is greater."

LOL! I love it!!

Most women feel the same way about jewelry.

Coz whoever naively believed and spent $xx,xxx.xx amount of money for pair of audio cables will less-likely have a guts to accept his foolishness and naiveness.
It's natural, but sometimes homo-sapiens is able to outperform its own natural habits with proper mindset and strength of such obviously if there's some usage availability.
As to fake vs. real, for Harmonic and Siltech in particular, there are 'smart' workers in China who steal or manufacture an 'extra' stock to sell privately online. You can't control their laws overthere in China and they to us can do whatever they want. Trust me that particular fake will work the same just as one you'll buy for $xx,xxx.xx
Good luck and enjoy the music...

Audioquest is copied a lot. There are at least 2 Chinese factories who copy these products.

For the Silver cables like Sky, Wild Blue Yonder and K2 they use copper of steel instead of silver.

It has nothing to do with the same material Audioquest uses.

@ TbG, See, I told you others that do not have the caliber of cables and equipment of the best available will bash you, regardless of their, so called fanatical, I am right, and you are wrong mentality!, They , believe me, Have NEVER have had the exsperience with the cables you have or I have,Welcome to the club TBG, tune all others out!, LOL!, case closed!

Audiolabirynth,
I'm not bashing OP! I'm bashing the whole schema and trying to explain by all logical means and I'm the one that being bashed because going against schema isn't easy!
How the manufacturer of $xx,xxx.00 cable can be fair to ones manufacturing audio components or even let's say automobiles. One who decide to purchase that piece of scam may likely decide not to purchase new automobile or new refrigerator or anything else!
I'm living retailer and that's how I think before making my decision what to pay and certainly who to support. Harmonic or Siltech or similar kind are either last on my list or likely off the list completely to even consider thinking about them.