Recent equipment you hated, thought overpriced

Well said Zydo. For me I'm OK with claims that have no scientific backup. Frankly the cost to test would bankrupt many companies (depending on the test of course) and likely not convince anyone. What chaps me is a half arsed scientific sounding explanation that I know is BS. Some devices are certainly explained using quantum physics/mechanics, but thats free because everything in the electromagnetic/gravitational/nuke world is governed by this. Be like a speaker company claiming their stuff is the best because they tweaked gravity or that gravity affects their components equally due to some special treatment. May well be a fab speaker. not a fab explanation. Problem is that may folks can pick up on this even without being a gravity expert and its not unreasonable to draw conclusions even hearing the things. In a large part Im with Elizabeth on this as it offends me to think of innocent people getting cheated. They may well not but I lump the product together with the explanation right or wrong.

David12, so you were comparing the original Stillpoints to the new Ultra SS's, as opposed to the difference between Stillpoints vs. nothing which is what I would be most interested in.

Getting back on Topic, here is my list:

Marantz SA-8001, sounded like crap in my system.
DeVore Gibbon 8, couldn't get them to sound good.
Raysonic CD168, uninvolving & too much bling!

And the worst......

a Yaquin Hybrid Integrated amp direct from China. This piece of junk was so bad that it destroyed the crossover in a Vandersteen 2CE speaker. The metal work was horrible, lots of sharp edges and it sounded dirty (grainey, distortion).

The Marantz, Devore and Raysonic did not seem worth the money considering the sound was not up to par in my system and my room.

Schumann generator. Bought one on a whim. No difference in sound, presence, spatial qualities, etc. etc. None of my guests has heard an iota of difference with it.

I'll add one that is kind of back to front. My neighbor put together a system because he liked mine and also had a friend whispering in his ear. Got some scandinavian speakers (dont know what kind but mid price, some rears/center/sub and then crammed then into corners to keep them out of the way. Sounds terrible but they like it. I guess the lesson is if you buy good stuff and stuff it in a closet so it sounds bad it's overpriced.