Knockoffs- how can they just advertise so easily?

ghdprentice, Hi, I have a very nice but budget minded system. More on that later. I recently purchased a new tube amp, Audio Hungary Qualton P 100. 1/2 of my pair of Audio Art AAC Statement e SC Cryo Speaker Cables didn’t reach the tube amp. Out of impatience I purchased a single old 15 foot Transparent Ultra MM. Ends up I like it and started looking for a pair of G5 supers or ultras at 10/12 feet. The old MM I have I will move to the center, and the Audio Art Cables will go back to my solid state amp. It's because of this search that I stumbled upon the Transparent counterfeits. I Googled Transparent to see what was out there and all these $360 counterfeits popped up. It looks like you buy the cables from China. They come in a polybag. Then you can buy the boxes for $50 a pop on eBay. I mean, who buys a Transparent Audio Reference PowerLink and sells his original boxes? Transparent Audio Reference PowerLink Factory Cartons eBay item number:224172498955. TT is a Rega P 10. Phono stage is a Parasound JC 3+. Server is a Innuos ZENith Mk3. SACD is Oppo going to Bob Geers Breakout box. The DAC, Pre-amp, and SS power amp are all Benchmark. The tube amp is Audio Hungay.

@akg_ca you might be surprised, as many times videos are posted about Cardas Audio, showing where core cables are manufactured, some don’t bother to watch it. Some occurs in SoCal and USA East. Cable, cuts, terminations in Bandon Oregon. Some folks keep spewing clueless crap about how they are sourced in China. Absolutely FALSE. 

Its right on the website for anyone who takes 30 seconds to actually read it. Where people come up with this garbage is just plain silly.  

Quote:

"Mined in the Southwest USA and processed the Northeast".

 

@marshinski15

I have a big stack of Transparent Cable boxes around. It is surprising how much space they take up. I have thought of throwing them out. But I sure will not sell them to someone who is going to match the box with fake cables. Geeze… who are these people… what con artists has the internet encouraged?

 

I remember using the internet in 1985 (logging on to the servers in Berkeley from the University of Arizona. The people on then for the next ten to fifteen years were mostly geeks and honest… then all the riffraff got on.

@audphile1 

But I do wonder why my post was deleted and the entire thread promoting fake cables on this site is still up and running. Just curious…

Preaching to the choir, Brother.   I've been asking the same question over a post removed warning about an online scam.