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Sounds like a reasonable story to me. Im sure chinese factories are not particular about who they sell to or what they sell. Looks like the real thing, so why would he know different except for the price. I should get my order in a couple of days, so I will have a better idea of what it is.

Ok, so I got the speaker cables yesterday, hooked them up and was playing some classic vinyl recordings when my wife came home for dinner. I didnt mention the change in cables. We sat down to dinner, with the music playing. Part way through dinner the wife commented on how good the system sounded and I could see her getting distracted by the music as she got in the groove.

Still havent told her about the change, and I havent sat down critically to see if I can describe what I hear, but on first impression, it seems the music has opened up, cleaner between notes, less electronic, smoother in the treble.

Now, admittedly, my prior cables were nothing special, basically a diy set that nonetheless sounded good to me. These "K2" cables do sound better.

I have not taken them apart to see what is inside. the boxes and interior packaging look like audioquest. there is no UPC code on the box. the cables look well made with decent connectors. The 72v box hooks up to the cables and lights up green when you push the button. there is nothing I can see externally that would suggest these are anything other than "k2" cables.
I did have a set of Sky interconnects that showed up today. I havent put them in the system yet. these also look like real thing.

I can say that shipping was free, and arrived in less than a week from Hong Kong. Much better than my Ultimate Cables which have still not arrived after 5 months from Canada. from my own experience, the only time I have been ripped off in all my audio purchases is by Ultimate Cables. I dont consider these K2 or Sky cables to be a rip off, regardless of what their insides may reveal.

Just my experience. Your mileage may vary.

Have we just come full circle from my orginal post? We truly are a strange breed. As I count 3 items have been purchased as a result.

I did do a head to head w/ my "bed rocks" before trashing mine. The "ha" K2's were, hate to say it better all around. I might be an ass but I'm a honest ass. Mine are long gone [trashman came yesterday] MIT's are supposed to be here FRI. So I'll be posting experience w/ them as well. If you guys turn around and buy 3 sets of them as a result....................................good times.

All I can say, is that I cant tell if mine are real or fake from the packaging or the actual cables. There is nothing externally to give it away. I dont intend to cut into mine to check. All I can say is that if they are fake, someone is going through an awful lot of expense and trouble for little gain. Since I have seen K2 advertised for anthing from $380 to $3500 to $7000 to $14,000, what is the real price? and who is being dishonest? the $7000 seller? The $14000 seller or the $380 seller. How would I know if the $14000 cables came from the same place as the $380 cables? you can't tell from the package or product unless you do like PBN and cut it open. Who is going to do that on a $14000 cable. I wish Audioquest would speak up and tell us definitively what the differnce is, if any. I dont intend to buy any more,but I have satisfied my curiosity.

If you would allow me to "help" if needed. You should be able to remove 1 of the connections. Either end. My bet is they are the same as everyone else got. There are very small arrows on the individual wires black and red. As well as the words bass and treble.