Chinese fake cables How fake, how good?


I have noted a number of warnings about cheap Chinese fake cables on this site but curiosity led me to the Aliexpress site where I found a number of presumably fake big name cables from predominantly Cardas, Nordost and Siltech at about 15% of the USA or Australian price. I found Cardas Clear Light interconnects at about US$100 and decided what the heck let's give them a try at that price. Before buying I asked the seller the daft question as to whether they were genuine and got the reply that they were an OEM and constructed the interconnects from genuine Cardas cables and connectors. They arrived in a plastic bag rather than the Cardas box , not a great start but the cables looked real, and when connected, much to my surprise, they sounded really good. After 100hours or so burn in they sounded great and better than the Nordost Quatre Fils I had been using. I then took them to an Australian hi end dealer who sold real Cardas and asked rather ingenuously whether my cables were the real deal. The dealer would not commit but agreed to compare them to the real thing on a set up costing at a guess around A$100,00. Neither I nor the sales person could tell any difference so he then tried them against the Cardas Clear. Then there was some difference, not extreme but subtle, and certainly IMO not worth the price difference even if you bought the genuine Cardas Clear Light. So are these cables really fake and even if they are given my experience they are well worth a try. Maybe I'll try Nordost Odin or Siltech 770i next.
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There is no grey area here. Counterfeit goods are illegal. If you use counterfeit goods you are also an infringer, and admiting it on a public forum. Doesn’t matter how good you think the counterfeit goods sound - you are contributing to lost jobs and supporting breaking the law.
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Almost forgot Ive seen a lot of counterfeit Rean and Neutrik products coming out of china. These are 2-3 dollar Items. What do they have to gain by copying dollar items is beyond me.  
I make and sell professional cables on ebay. Your absolutely wasting your time and money buying Chinese counterfeit cables. I have cut open Amazon and Chebay cables and found 2 strands of hair thin wire wrapped in paper.
Look at the advertisings closely. It most likely has misspelled words throughout. Terms like Fashion OCOCC, OC-COCC, NP-OCOCC and ive even seen GAGA-CCOCC are RED FLAGS.
Nowhere is the actual awg listed or the maker of the the cable.
Some guy named wang in his flipflops made them.
The Chinese love a good sucker. Buyer Beware.
These Chinese sellers are a plague on the ebay community and I for one would love to get rid of them.
There's a seller on ebay describing his China cables in the description box and he is comparing them to Car Axles. Made of the same material as CV Joints. I kid you not.
What in the world does a car axle have to do with audio cables? And he has sales. Its frigging unbelievable.
The Chinese they have good fakes, in-between fakes, and god-awful fakes. But they're all Fake. Take your pick.