chinese counterfeitng

@whart there is a city in China w unsavory sectors that specializes in the washing of chips and restencil w aerospace grade part numbers.....faking the provance of the chip is much more difficult and time consuming...

so for example in orbit under low G solder w tin grows whiskers, which in fairly short order, pardon the pun, shorts the chip....
running special batches with no tin for low volume is expensive, hence the incentive to cheat....

which is one reason why the firm I worked for on the really critical stuff did our own chips w IBM foundry in usa.....

I no longer buy any cables used. The chance they are fake is pretty high. Also the person selling them may not know they are fake anyway. Particularly AQ, Kimber and Cardas, since they are well known, have a lot of counterfeits Fake Oyaide plugs, are out there too. being sold as new. Need to buy them from a reputable dealer.
(I like Cable Co. since ordered cables are drop shipped FROM THE COMPANY that makes them. So you know they are real 100%) China is huge, and some fakes are trash, some OK and some are probably as good. But who wants to take the chance. )to me the person who buys  fakes to resell can rot forever...)
The worst are all sorts of replacement parts which are total junk. And tools which fail within days or weeks. Same issue with brand name household goods. Toasters.. etc.

I buy only cables directly from the company. You never know what’s happen with it, when you buy it second hands. ( and you never can tested before you using it). Nothing wrong with é-bay: when you buy something,like  an amplifier, look first to the new price and then just compare the asking price,also the year of huilt is important. ( is there something about it,can i fine parts...) Also check whether the seller has a good name. Normaly, someone who really loves Music is vers honest. Lukas

It would be interesting to get the Dartzeel and the Chinese clone side by side for a listening evaluation. Anyone with a real one want to experiment?

http://www.audioasylumtrader.com/ca/listing/Amplifier-SS/Dartzeel-nhb-108/NHB-108/Clone/188752