@melm It is very hard to feel sorry for them. I am against fake products but go look at Nordost price guide and it's hard to feel bad.
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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This is really wrong: https://www.aliexpress.com/i/1005002316681621.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2tha |
About 6 months ago I completely rewired my system using the Ali-E Nordost Odin 2 cables. I took a slow, one at a time approach. Each time my system sounded significantly better than with my WireWorld ($$$$) cables! As I recall, DIY HiFi (the vendor) provided the option (at a price) for boxes. I never did that, but I doubt they go THAT far. Although they use Nordost wooden blocks, and say Nordost on the cables, I seriously doubt they are true Nordost cables, just repackaged. The speaker cables are unlike the Nordost ribbon design, which IMO is a plus. Decades ago I had the Nordost Blue Heaven speaker cables (ribbon) and they were a bit unwieldy as they tend to roll up. HOT TIP: make sure you sign up for alerts. I would look at the cable offerings and save the ones I wanted for later purchase. Some 2-4 week later I would get emails with reduced prices. The best deep discount was for Odin 2 gold speaker cables, which were $180 off the first price! I expect them soon Now for power cords to my amp and CorePower 1800 power conditioner, a fellow 'phile gave me a tip for stupid cheap PCs from Amazon hth |
@tweak1 hth - Care to share the recommended PCs from Amazon? TIA |
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