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Hyperbole Watchdog Forum

An interesting idea just occured to me.

I would like to start a thread to keep a running account of AudiogoN'ers who engage in excessive use of hyperbole.

A couple of ground rules are in order:

1) The Cable Forum is completely off limits as it is inherently riddled with the stuff. In fact, one might argue that the high-end cable market wouldn't exist without such outlandish claims as "my jaw dropped to the floor" when referring to an interconnect.

2) No need to name names or offer any editorial comment. If it's hyperbole, just quoting the offender should speak for itself.

So how 'bout it? A little levity to keep things loose could go a long way in a hobby where we can sometimes take ourselves a little too seriously.

I'll start: An Audiogon'er referring to placing isolation feet under his audio rack.

"The system was for the first time tonally balanced, the bass response increased, the sound stage widened, the noise floor dropped, there was greater depth, increased clarity, and most importantly the brightness and harshness had completely disappeared!"
gullahisland
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marakanetz
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"...from the beginning it sounded thin and bright but after 400 hours of continuous break-in and listening it started to sound more open through a larger soundstage and holographic imaging; bass became more deep and defined..."

from ultimate fetish experience.
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onhwy61
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Everytime I read that some product "blows away" another product I immediately assume the writer has no idea what they're talking about.
gullahisland OP
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You guys crack me up.

Here's another one from the classifieds.

In reference to a RARE ONKYO amplifier..."This amplifier will truly embarrass the likes of Mark Levinson, Krell, etc."
clueless
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Here's one I just read...

I'm not sure if it's hyperbole or BS or both. Maybe Hperbolic BS.

"I suspect that the better sounding cables are more effective in reducing "noise" at the quantum (atomic) level thus improving the musical presentation. Nordost measures the speed of electrons flowing through their cables, relative to the speed of light. The higher the electron speed, the more revealing the cable appears to sound. Bybee filters are said to act on electon flow at the quantum level. That may be why miles of cheap wiring to the wall can be improved by a power chord. It may be the power chord or certain power conditioners help organize the electrons to flow faster and with less noise than lesser power chords."

I love it when we audio enthusiasts start reaching for quantum mechanics. Half of us insist that numbers don't matter and the rest of us argue QM. A laugh a minute!

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