$55000 Nordost cables for $60.

[phoenixdogfan]

Beware of Counterfeits
Only Buy from Authorized AudioQuest Dealers and Distributors
One of the unfortunate consequences of building a successful premium brand is the appearance of counterfeit products. AudioQuest is not immune to this problem. While we make every effort to combat counterfeiting, we continue to see various products being sold as "AudioQuest" that are NOT genuine.

These counterfeits DO NOT meet AudioQuest quality standards and in fact, often turn out to be nothing more than common hardware store-grade cables hidden beneath an attempt to match our braid patterns and plugs.

The persons most hurt by these phony offerings are our potential customers (they mean Audioquest), who in good faith may make a purchase feeling that they have stumbled upon a "too-good-to-ignore" deal. Also hurt are those who, while realizing the cables aren’t genuine, hold hope that the cables are at least “close” in quality. Sadly, this is very rarely the case.

AudioQuest can neither honour the warranties of products nor provide any level of support for products purchased through unauthorised online Marketplaces.

If you have any concerns please contact your local distributor, or AudioQuest to establish if the seller is authorised.

They have no way of testing for counterfeits because they both sound the same.

Would be hilarious to send Amir both the "genine" Nordost and the AliExpress knock off and see if he could measure any differences. Of course we all know the answer, but have to think it would make certain people in the executive HQ of Nordost go ape you know what.

 

[noiseangel]

WTF is this? Chinese inventing their own buzzard salve. I think they are going to overtake Ted and Co at this rate.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001887659626.html

And this comment is hilarious

• If the ***** is hung, then the Potency Increases! Do not believe-check!
  • No the power does not increase, enhance the quality of the sound

 

[noiseangel]

Would be hilarious to send Amir both the "genine" Nordost and the AliExpress knock off and see if he could measure any differences. Of course we all know the answer, but have to think it would make certain people in the executive HQ of Nordost go ape you know what.

I have already volunteered to send Amir the Chinese one. We just need a nice ASR reader to send the 55K one.

 

[jkasch]

I have already volunteered to send Amir the Chinese one. We just need a nice ASR reader to send the 55K one.

They should provide the 5-meter $99,995.00 cable.

 

[Robin L]

Mmhhh. Is faking snake oil actually good. Like negating the negative is positive?

Negating the negative is the soul of comedy.

 

[Tranquility Bass]

WTF is this? Chinese inventing their own buzzard salve. I think they are going to overtake Ted and Co at this rate.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001887659626.html

And this comment is hilarious

• If the ***** is hung, then the Potency Increases! Do not believe-check!
  • No the power does not increase, enhance the quality of the sound

The chinese are scamming the scammers ! Priceless LOL

 

[Chrispy]

LOL $55k nordost anything

 

[JSmith]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001887659626.html

Looks like something unusual from the sex cauldron oh wait;

AudioQuest can neither honour the warranties of products nor provide any level of support for products purchased through unauthorised online Marketplaces.

Has anyone here ever needed "support" for a cable? I know I sure haven't...


JSmith

 

[Chrispy]

LOL $55k nordost anything

And to clarify, that would apply with $5.5k, .55k, .05k....etc. Or really, any k, just bullshit cabling.

 

[Mnyb]

I would be somewhat cautious buying faked main products , maybe “burning down the house” would be a suitable test track

But I would not trust audioquest or Nordost mains products either ? Do they really fulfill all legal and safety standards?
Hey i’m no real audiophile anymore , the risk of being consumed in a raging fire is nothing compared to the bliss I will experience with these products

 

[JSmith]

I would be somewhat cautious buying faked main products , maybe “burning down the house” would be a suitable test track

For sure... I had to listen to that after you posted this.

JSmith

 

[dtaylo1066]

At that price, I bought two. Then my Lab pup chewed one of them up. Oh, well.

 

[egellings]

Beware of Counterfeits
Only Buy from Authorized AudioQuest Dealers and Distributors
One of the unfortunate consequences of building a successful premium brand is the appearance of counterfeit products. AudioQuest is not immune to this problem. While we make every effort to combat counterfeiting, we continue to see various products being sold as "AudioQuest" that are NOT genuine.

These counterfeits DO NOT meet AudioQuest quality standards and in fact, often turn out to be nothing more than common hardware store-grade cables hidden beneath an attempt to match our braid patterns and plugs.

The persons most hurt by these phony offerings are our potential customers (they mean Audioquest), who in good faith may make a purchase feeling that they have stumbled upon a "too-good-to-ignore" deal. Also hurt are those who, while realizing the cables aren’t genuine, hold hope that the cables are at least “close” in quality. Sadly, this is very rarely the case.

AudioQuest can neither honour the warranties of products nor provide any level of support for products purchased through unauthorised online Marketplaces.

If you have any concerns please contact your local distributor, or AudioQuest to establish if the seller is authorised.

They have no way of testing for counterfeits because they both sound the same.

Thing is though, both purchasers, one of the AQ and the other of the fake, will think they hear a sound improvement, even though both cables will have no audible effect on SQ. Both got what they wanted, with one not knowing that his is the fake one.

 

[DSJR]

Can we be sure the cheaper one really ISN'T the real one ex-factory, just not distributed by the rip-off company?

 

[bkatbamna]

The chinese are scamming the scammers ! Priceless LOL

I honestly don't think the Chinese are marketing these at the folks who actually pay thousands for cables.

 

[fpitas]

Can we be sure the cheaper one really ISN'T the real one ex-factory, just not distributed by the rip-off company?

Maybe. But science tells us that a boutique brand name and charging more for it makes it sound better.

 

[Snoopy]

But since these are obviously fakes how would we know that the material used is good at all? Wouldn't it be better to buy a cable at this price point by another manufacturer that doesn't have to go for the fancy look ?

 

[peanuts2]

from what iv heared nordost cables are "Temp-flex" made by molex. the only thing nordost do is to terminate them. but ofcourse they lie and claim they make it all themselfes.
building dont look big enough to produce all this from scratch in my opinion.

Nordost · 93 Bartzak Dr, Holliston, MA 01746

Electronics manufacturer

www.google.com

 

[noiseangel]

But since these are obviously fakes how would we know that the material used is good at all? Wouldn't it be better to buy a cable at this price point by another manufacturer that doesn't have to go for the fancy look ?

You could say the same of the originals. Do they draw their own copper and silver wire? No they don't, it takes factories to draw wire and silver which they do not have nor do they show or brag about.So where does it come from? China? EU? USA? Who knows. It's all BS and I am suprised the employees at these cable makers aren't sick with typhoid and hepatitis from working in this neck deep sh*t all day long.

 

[Soria Moria]

Also hurt are those who, while realizing the cables aren’t genuine, hold hope that the cables are at least “close” in quality. Sadly, this is very rarely the case

Very rarely, meaning they sometimes are? Given how much cheaper these are you could buy 50 of them for cheaper than the real deal and you might strike gold on the cable lottery.