Chinese Cables that sound good

I don’t buy knock off cables no matter what country they come from. Why? First high end cables performance is based on more than what is visibly obvious… for instance cloth sheath and copper colored wire… the exact composition of the conductors, they can be shielded or cryogenically treated, etc… so performance is extremely unlikely to match the real thing. Even if it does, how do you know? Buy a real one and compare performance? 

High technology everywhere is about success through constant innovation. No company can create a good product and sell it for ever. Someone will quickly figure out how to match the performance by some other way or the same way. You can have a huge legal department or a huge Research and Development department. The only protection is the R&D. Although Apple is really good at both.

As I mentioned, I have spent my career around the world in the design, manufacturing and logistics facilities of the phones, tablets, PCs, DACs and cars you guys use. Innovation is the key and it is in your own best interest to buy from the original companies creating great products.

Yeah valid point ...i guess resale is were its going hurt as well not having oem product.

I see they have no WELFARE in China. Forced labor? You mean if they want to eat they have to work. I sure wish they would implement that in the US. If you don't work you don't eat. I like the idea.

With 1.3 billion people in one country and have already lost 100,000,000 to starvation in the 40-50. You work in that country. If you happen to be in the LAZY zone like our San Francisco bay area.

Head for tent city and round um up. NO WORK no tent permit.. Country full of LAZY FAT people and complaining about another country making people work..

I say work their big FAT A$$ off right here in the US. The land of the Hippos.

Hip and knee replacements will only be outpaced by gastric bypasses surgery.

Snort Snort, no pig troughs here..

@antigrunge2 

I also bought a fine Chinese power cord, Viborg VP1606.  But what I find objectionable is Kimber buying Chinese loudspeaker cable for $15 and selling it to us for $644.  There is nothing very special about braided cable.  It's been around forever.

The main hesitation I have with aliexpress cables is the OCC copper and low capacitance cable claims.

Some vendors are showing you cross sections/assembly views of the cables and buyers can see, for example, if conductors are soldered vs friction fit.  One can also sometime see a cross section of the cable being used.

But the specifics of the conductor metal is a big question mark for me....for now...until i buy some more cables and test the capacitance with my multimeter.  I'm not going to bring the wire to a metallurgist to test the alloy though.