Chinese Cables that sound good

oldhvymec,

The fake Nordost interconnects have turned out to be really excellent. Transparent and natural sounding is how I would describe them. The digital cable was impressive at first because of its very good treble performance, (hence, very good perceived detail) but in the end I realized that the midbass was missing in action and it made the music sound unnaturally thin. So, I left the interconnects in, and my Cerious Technologies digital cable back in, and that combination is sounding really good.

I am looking forward to receiving a new Papri digital cable this week from aliexpress. It’s a heavily shielded type using high purity OCC copper with copper gold plated RCA’s. It was pretty expensive for being Chinese but I’m taking the chance. I’ll let you know what I think after I receive it.

I don’t buy knock off cables no matter what country they come from. Why? First high end cables performance is based on more than what is visibly obvious… for instance cloth sheath and copper colored wire… the exact composition of the conductors, they can be shielded or cryogenically treated, etc… so performance is extremely unlikely to match the real thing. Even if it does, how do you know? Buy a real one and compare performance? 

High technology everywhere is about success through constant innovation. No company can create a good product and sell it for ever. Someone will quickly figure out how to match the performance by some other way or the same way. You can have a huge legal department or a huge Research and Development department. The only protection is the R&D. Although Apple is really good at both.

As I mentioned, I have spent my career around the world in the design, manufacturing and logistics facilities of the phones, tablets, PCs, DACs and cars you guys use. Innovation is the key and it is in your own best interest to buy from the original companies creating great products.

Yeah valid point ...i guess resale is were its going hurt as well not having oem product.

I see they have no WELFARE in China. Forced labor? You mean if they want to eat they have to work. I sure wish they would implement that in the US. If you don't work you don't eat. I like the idea.

With 1.3 billion people in one country and have already lost 100,000,000 to starvation in the 40-50. You work in that country. If you happen to be in the LAZY zone like our San Francisco bay area.

Head for tent city and round um up. NO WORK no tent permit.. Country full of LAZY FAT people and complaining about another country making people work..

I say work their big FAT A$$ off right here in the US. The land of the Hippos.

Hip and knee replacements will only be outpaced by gastric bypasses surgery.

Snort Snort, no pig troughs here..

@antigrunge2 

I also bought a fine Chinese power cord, Viborg VP1606.  But what I find objectionable is Kimber buying Chinese loudspeaker cable for $15 and selling it to us for $644.  There is nothing very special about braided cable.  It's been around forever.