chinese counterfeitng

Yeah they make bootleg cd box sets and the real box sets lol....you get to choose $35 fake $135 real....or japanesse pressed cds. You can find bootleg for $10 fake or real for $80 ...the choice is all yours ....Beatles ,Stones ,Bowie , Led Zepplin etc.i did buy a tube amp I dare its beautiful.

@whart there is a city in China w unsavory sectors that specializes in the washing of chips and restencil w aerospace grade part numbers.....faking the provance of the chip is much more difficult and time consuming...

so for example in orbit under low G solder w tin grows whiskers, which in fairly short order, pardon the pun, shorts the chip....
running special batches with no tin for low volume is expensive, hence the incentive to cheat....

which is one reason why the firm I worked for on the really critical stuff did our own chips w IBM foundry in usa.....

I buy only cables directly from the company. You never know what’s happen with it, when you buy it second hands. ( and you never can tested before you using it). Nothing wrong with é-bay: when you buy something,like  an amplifier, look first to the new price and then just compare the asking price,also the year of huilt is important. ( is there something about it,can i fine parts...) Also check whether the seller has a good name. Normaly, someone who really loves Music is vers honest. Lukas