@rolox ,
Talk about a coincidence, while I was looking at the Neardost cables I decided to buy a Rolox watch!
Counterfeit Chinese Cables
I thought that I would write this for those who are curious about one of the many counterfeit Chinese interconnect cables that are available these days. I know that there have been threads about the subject before, and I was always curious because they seem to be such a bargain. I don't really recall much about what any members actually said about the performance of these counterfeit cables, and I didn't look back and do any research, but a couple of months ago there was a thread that came around to discussing the quality of Chinese made components, and oldhvymec said something that made sense to me.
He said that people that say that what they are making is junk should consider that much of what is in our gear, and a lot of our American brands are actually manufactured there. I decided shortly after that that I would take the chance on a set of interconnects, because I suspected that the interconnects going from my pre to my amp were the weak link and needed upgrading. The interconnects going from my DAC to my pre were Kimber Select which are very good, but the other set were LAT International (now defunct) which had cost $500.00 when new, but I had reason to believe they were lacking because I have one of their digital cables that turned out to be very poor sounding in comparison to others I own.
I decided on a one meter pair of counterfeit Nordost Odin interconnects for a total of $104.00 from Aliexpress. I received them a couple of weeks later. They appeared to be well made, and the locking fake WBT rca's were very impressive and are very tight.
First impressions after installing them were light, thin sound, lacking bass. Each couple of days brought improvements, but from the beginning I noticed that they were quieter. Now, weeks later, I can say that they are drastically better that the LAT's in every way. Detail and ambience are much better, but it's the focus and separation of instruments that is most noticeable.
I have no way of knowing if they are really a copy of the Nordost design, but I am impressed enough that I am going to try a counterfeit Nordost digital cable.
Obviously, this isn't a comparison that is useful to most, because there probably isn't anyone here using the LAT's, and everything is system dependent. I just wanted to relay my positive experience.
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The people who advocate for and look the other way w.r.t. counterfeit goods and stealing IP (music, videos, etc.) are the first to scream when they government does not give them handouts, or when taxes go up, or when the plant they are working for shuts down and manufacturing moves.
People think that the 1% is out to get them and that they are powerless. They are partially right, because they are too busy screwing each other for the 1% to ever worry about them.
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I bought audio quest cables once I had to re-terminate them when I removed the pretty cable cover under was the cheap AQ wire they bulk discounted I showed this to the AQ sales rep he just smiled at me. Now Cardas are wonderful to deal with as has been Nordost. I once had a long run of costly Nordost chewed a bit by my puppy I sent them to Nordost they repaired free of charge. |
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