Chinese Cables that sound good

It's a good question, because there are so many kinds. Some look really well made, but that's not a guarantee. I got lucky with my fake interconnects. I'm curious about braided cables that look like Kimber (no, they're not labeled Kimber). There are many others that look interesting as well. There are even bi wire sets that look good. I use bi wire speaker cables so that looked interesting to me.

I probably don't want to know what that's an acronym for.

They and their vendors have a return policy which I have used. It's similar to Amazon.

Edward, not all things from China are junk, although I'll readily admit that I would rather buy things made in the USA.

I'm on a kick with trying different digital cables, because they all sound so different (to me at least). I ordered this one yesterday.

PAPRI GX 75G 6N OCC+Silver Plated 75 ohm Digital Coaxial Cable RCA To RCA Jack RCA Male HiFi For Amplifier Audio| | - AliExpress

oldhvymec,

The fake Nordost interconnects have turned out to be really excellent. Transparent and natural sounding is how I would describe them. The digital cable was impressive at first because of its very good treble performance, (hence, very good perceived detail) but in the end I realized that the midbass was missing in action and it made the music sound unnaturally thin. So, I left the interconnects in, and my Cerious Technologies digital cable back in, and that combination is sounding really good.

I am looking forward to receiving a new Papri digital cable this week from aliexpress. It’s a heavily shielded type using high purity OCC copper with copper gold plated RCA’s. It was pretty expensive for being Chinese but I’m taking the chance. I’ll let you know what I think after I receive it.

I agree with you in that we don't know for sure if the metal is what they say it is, so it's a matter of blind trust. 

I ordered this digital cable from aliexpress a few weeks ago because I was intrigued by the description and the price was fair. I received it today, and it is superior sonically to the other 4 digital cables that I own, which aren't worldbeaters, but good and not garbage. My favorite up until now has been the Cerious Technologies graphene, but this beats it pretty much on all points. The most impressive difference that I noted was strummed guitar that can often sound "smeared" with some cables, as if when things start getting faster, it loses focus. Not so with this cable. Impact is excellent, bass is wonderful and high frequencies are extended without being dominant or grating. I think this is a great value, and it's not a copy of anyone else's cable. 

fai_v,

I would be happy to do that for you, but I don't own, and have never used a multimeter.

pesky_wabbit,

I noticed that it was made in Taiwan too, and I thought that was interesting.