Recent equipment you hated, thought overpriced

I guess I would not catch much flack putting most Bose stuff in this category.

Not audio per se but I am also not an Apple fan in general. I almost always feel I can do better elsewhere. Despite that, I use an Apple tablet for convenience quite often and I guess that is OK.

Usually when I hear a piece of good quality audio gear that I do not like AT ALL, it turns out something was damaged or not set up or working right. Most stuff is pretty good and worth the cost if one thinks so, as long as the whole system is assembled and set up well.

Accordingly, in general tend to think a lot of uber expensive gear that can only work well in a smaller room might be overpriced, but I don't hate it and generally that stuff should and does sound top notch as well, if done right as I mentioned above.

Also I gotta say that there are many esoteric tweak devices sold that are overpriced accordingly. Some do little or nothing at all, so they are hard to hate other than for the fact that perhaps you got ripped off.

Here's a little bad press regarding the Shakti Holograms in this thread:

"Shakti's 1200 to 1700 for a few pieces of wood? Yeah, right."

I have two pairs of the Holograms ... one pair in the corners of the room behind the speakers and another pair spread out behind the listening position. Yes, not only are they made of wood, but cheaply built and flimsy too. BUT, I would challenge anyone to come over while I move them in and out of the system and deny that they don't make a VERY significant difference. I wouldn't want to listen without them.

Gosh, Mapman, you don't say? I'm getting the distinct feeling you're not my kinda guy. :-)