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Kijanki,
It was mentioned that DHGate isn't a distributor but just provider of market for multiple sellers. You never know if they're authorized to sell AQ or any kind of cables, but the bottom line is THEY ARE A LOT CHEAPER and look and sound like real. Who cares if consumer is HAPPY?

Marakanetz, Perhaps AQ cares if design is stolen. I'm not sure what provider means. I don't believe AQ sells original cables with 95% discount. It is like with bootleg DVDs, I wouldn't buy it but many people do.

You want good IC's that will blow away AQ? Try Silnote.
Outstanding. I'm not affilliated at all.

Well the "mystery" is solved. I today received my "K2" speaker cables - paid $ 371 for them delivered via DHL. They came in a nice box and looked to be "real"

I decided to take them apart to see what the scoup was and this is what I found.

The cables have the "correct" color cable jacket on them Black and Silver, the aluminum bezels are silkscreened "K2"

The internal wires are silver clad copper - so here is a mismatch as the K2 is supposed to be solid silver, these are not.

I removed the bezel at the end of the wire where it split into two and cut away the heat shrink and pulled back the cable jacket - below is a wire thats labeled "Audioquest Rockefeller 3 Speaker wire" So it appears that the folks at DH gate are selling entry level Rockefeller wire relabeled as top if the line K2.

A 8 foot pair of Rockefeller have a retail price of $962 as mentioned I paid $ 371 for them - about the same as I would have paid for them if I had sourced them here in the US

So there really is no free lunch - If a deal is to good to be true it usually is :-)

As Always Good Listening

Peter

Peter,

I knew that these weren't the real thing. Thanks for spending your money and time and playing detective.

Is there any way you could post pictures somewhere of the cables you deconstructed? That would be great to see.