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Cardas also refine their own copper. Meaning it is refined to their specification elsewhere. But it is more likely than not the cables are then made in some factory in China. Yes, Cardas advertizes that the cables are 'made to order', which means they are pulled and cut from a made in China...

All four of these questions are usually hyperbolically addressed in the marketing, and the veracity usually cannot be trusted. Some design parameters have little to nothing to do with performance...72V dielectric biasing etc. And often 'Made in the USA' means Made in China and rebadged for us...

This is not a counterfeit product...its an OEM.

Here's the link TODN 4ga speaker cable

Most $1000+ power cords are not UL certified...but the $3.00 ones are.

AQ have been busted for using equalizers when A-B comparing their wires with others.

You can now buy a Rolex or AP superclone that is near identical to the original for about 10 % of the genuine Rolex/AP cost.. ..wires are much easier to reproduce than mechanical watches.

But UK and US wire companies also propagate demonstrably inaccurate information too. Also, the less said about Peter Belt.. the better.

Initial impressions before any burn in... Jee-asysus! Follow up to come.

Yes, you need the difference in gravitational pressure to siphon the electrons from the amplifiers to the speakers. The speakers MUST be at a lower level than the amps, otherwise the current would flow from the speakers to the amps.

So, Ali Express has rightfully been shaded for selling inferior counterfeit products...the Nordost line of Valhalla and Odin wires being a prime example. Indeed I have used these with mixed results...the "Quodin" interconnect was overly warm sounding with loss of transients, while the Quodin...

Yes, I know EXACTLY what you are talking about. Fortunately most LP's I had at the time were pure paper sleeves without the plastic porthole.

Back in the late 1970's I used Permastat fluid, which really DID eliminate static charges and the ability of the vinyl to suck out the entire atmospheric dust once removed from its jacket. You would be able to put a treated album on top of a synthetic carpet and there would be essentially...

Upgrading the clock on the Gustard is sort of like improving the power supply on the LP12...first the Valhalla, then the Geddon, then the Lingo and finally the Radikal.. All just get the platter to rotate at some nominal speed. If you believe that 'reclocking' the Linn can give subjective...

Anybody remember Alphason...they made both a high-end turntable and a tonearm. When I was a House Officer in Preston, the consultant surgeon who I worked for invited me to his place one evening. He had both the TT and the tonearm, and said it was gifted to hime because he saved the life of the...