Chinese Cables that sound good

@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.

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. 

@melm 

+1 in every way: Viborg was one of the 3 different chinese power cables I tried and it does what it promises

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. 

had a look - Taiwanese, and apparently proud of it..

@roxy54 , if possible, can you let us know the length, and then use a multimeter and test the capacitance, then resistance of a single length, and then report back?

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. 

Taiwan have been catering for the mid to upper range market for a while now. Their (unfortunately now unavailable) James transformers were excellent VFM for the constructor. Let‘s hope the ROC lets them continue on their trajectory unimpeded..

Another vote for SKW and Viborg cables. Really well-built stuff at incredible prices. I had a serious hum in my turntable-based system for years, and tried more than a dozen different high-end cables trying to resolve the problem. None made a difference. Then I put a pair of SKW RCA cables between my turntable and phono amp--and boom, no hum. They sound great, look great and, finally, that annoying hum is gone. 

I use Onti ethernet cable with good results: real value for money with top connectors and shielding. I use a cross braided pure silver ethernet cable from Xangsane between my Etherregen and streamer and the same comment applies.

Viborg power cables buy 1 get 1 free on amazon: 

https://www.amazon.com/Viborg-MBU1606-Hi-End-Shielding-Connector/dp/B08H1LWX5Z?th=1

Very misleading it is their lower end cable you get for free. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07524SB5K/ref=promo_pdapsinfo?ie=UTF8&m=A205VE1PUGXUMQ&source=dp_aplw&th=1

During the early COVID years, I developed an interest in Chinese cables. While browsing AliExpress and various forums, I was looking for something relatively affordable but with good build quality. Eventually, I acquired RCA interconnects from Viborg, SKW, and Choseal. At the time, I didn’t realize that Choseal is a major player in the region and also serves as an OEM for various well-known companies.

I don’t want to bore you with the details, but I absolutely loved the Choseal cables (models AB-5408 and QS-992). They deliver a very musical, natural sound and likely use genuine OCC-based materials. In my opinion, they are definitely superior to Viborg and especially SKW. I’ve recommended these cables to a few friends, and all of them share the same positive opinion.

For some reason I can’t post a picture here, but the link below works.

Happy New Year

https://i.ibb.co/7z6VK4G/IMG-8622.jpg

I mostly buy boutique stuff from American although I do get stuff from Amazon. I don’t think it is possible to divorce yourself from bad labor practices which exist in every country unless you are completely off the grid and only living off the land so I’m not going to get into the right or wrong of it. Even if you just buy American, that doesn’t mean that component parts or some materials didn’t come from elsewhere.

Anyhow, back to the OP’s question. Based upon some user’s review (rave) which I’m unable to dig up, I got this I2S cable from AliExpress which was far less expensive than other cables and seems to sound very good:

AVplay HD-300 99.99% Silver Customized Hi-end HiFi Audio DAC DDC CD HD-MI IIS RJ45 Digita Wire Player Connect DAC 4K 8K Cable

.......orda numda 5 ..... '' Some dumb guy ''  best cabol you can get cheap !