Cheap Interconnects from Hong Kong

Since it sounds like they are made in China,the factory may run a quantity of the assembly line for themselves. Audioquest might not even no they do it.Or they could be pure counterfeit. Being that its a most likely an easy to copy product,who knows. I sure wouldn't want to get cheated on pure counterfeits.[http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue18/audioquestinterview.htm]

It's interesting to note that there are over 50 King Cobra interconnects for sale, but less than 10 Columbias (which would be much more difficult to fake, due to the DBS attachment).

I guess that pretty much sums it up.

Hifitime has hit the nail on the head. The practice is, to the detriment of designers who believe they continue to 'own' their intellectual property, quite common.

A few years ago, I bought some Monster M1 audio cables off ebay which came from Hong Kong for 15.00 per cable. The local dealer was selling them discounted for 100.00. I bought 4 pairs and they looked like the real deal when I received them. They sounded absolutely horrible, etched, thin, pure garbage. Then I did a side by side comparison with my "real" Monster cable and noticed a few subtle differences. The spelling on the cable wasn't straight, the quality of the rca connectors although looking the same, were cheap imitations. I threw them all in the trash. Morale: buyer beware.

Intellectual property? Copyright laws? We don't need no stink'n laws.
All I can say is: caveat emptor! 8^)