chinese counterfeitng

Unfortunately, a significant number of products manufactured in China are poor in quality...depends on the industry. If it is a faked product , there should be greater concern over the quality as fakes are typically designed to mimic appearance...not performance. Hence, you should purchase from a reputable dealer. Don’t be afraid to ask for a discount. If you don’t ask...you don’t get! And, if the price seems to good to be true...it most likely is!

Nonoise is so pumped over his kinki studios integrated that I might just put in an order today. Great review btw. The Chinese make some pretty awesome gear. 
Not everyone can afford 5 figure components. Vincent, primaluna are also made there. 

Though I've obviously made the statement shifting the accusations of counterfeiting by the Chinese back on the accusers, that doesn't mean I believe they produce the best sounding, best performing, best value audio components.  They simply don't 

Lots of great pricing on excellent gear in China.  Teradak LPSs are very good for the money.  You can purchase rhodium plated AC connectors with carbon fiber housing that are very high quality for just $70 for a set.  They are a wonderful start to a killer DIY power cord.  

Manufacturing quality is not country specific, It’s quality control specific. Are Hegel amps crap? Why not? Perhaps because somebody is making sure they’re not. American car makers started making utterly awful cars decades ago which opened the door to Japanese cars that were of far higher quality...now American cars are fine, still...I do think it’s sort of funny that AQ will dispose of fake cables for you, and I imagine a giant furnace for that task. Also, where are genuine AQ cables made? I just looked at the box my AQ speaker cables came in..."Engineered and Assembled in USA, Perfect Surface Metals Made in USA (yay), Cable Made in China."