A question to all who currently own these counterfeit cables…
When you’re ready to move on and upgrade, what will you do with these fakes?
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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I never bought Chinese counterfeit cables with Occidental brand names... We cannot resold them first...for the evident reason alluded to by audphile1 I know it is counterfeit... Then it may be good cable but i will feel bad reading the false "branded name "...Disturbing evident truth i refuse to live with ... ( i dont judge anyone here and if someone dont resold it i understand why he want to try it by curiosity ) What i did is buying Chinese cables with Chinese design name ...Problem solved ...😎 I was satisfied with no disturbing false branded name .. If the Chinese can make a good cable anyway they can sell it too with a Chinese name and they did at even a lowest price ... 😊 Then there is no real advantage to buy counterfeit Chinese cables... On the opposite there is good reason to buy some of their low cost cables ... They dont change the cable technology because they put a counterfeit branded name with more flashy parts ...😊 |
Yeah not sure who the “sprook” comment was for but it seems these cables are actually good and they should be branded differently. To me, the draw is that they work well, not that they’re using high end branding. I suppose I’m part of the problem, but, I’m not a customer for the big brands and likely never will be. |
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