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Quack System Upgrades

Ok, so what's the most ridiculous "SNAKE OIL" upgrade you have come across?

Let the fun begin HAHAHA :) :)

128x128crazyeddy
mb1audio02
188 posts
 
" Blue Jeans Cables are great. Especially if you consider overall value (price to quality to performance). I have personal experience with their speaker wire and RCA interconnects. If you put them in a system compared to much more expensive wire and perceive a "big and unmistakable" difference you should call into question which set of cables is reproducing the sound correctly (measurably closer to faithful reproduction of source) as opposed to which you merely prefer."

Wouldn't calling them great be a bit premature? According to your own post, you first need to determine what cable is reproducing the sound more correctly?

"measurably closer to faithful reproduction of source"

I've been waiting my whole life for someone to show me how to do that. Maybe you'll be the first?

auxinput
2,920 posts
 

I would not bang on Blue Jean cable that much here. I also wouldn’t say that it’s snake oil. First thing, it’s the job of any dealer/manufacturer to try to sell their product, so if you ask them if their product is better than a different product, they are obviously going to try to influence you to think their product is better.

They are a distrubitor of Beldon and Canare bulk cable. I have not tested Canare, but Beldon cable is a mixed lot. The Audioholics site is a big fan of the Beldon 10awg speaker cable and they say you don’t need anything more. However, under testing, I found the Beldon to be completely lacking and the standard 12awg stranded OFC speaker cable (basically monster cable) out-performed the Beldon. The Beldon cable just sounded lo-fi and did not have the resolution of even the 12awg stranded OFC.

However, I do find that the Beldon digital products are excellent. Both the HDMI and Digital Coax cables perform excellently. I have not tested these against super-exotic thousand dollar cables, but they have actually performed better than some Neotech HDMI and Audioquest silver digital coax cables. In this case, Beldon and Blue Jean cables know what they are talking about with regards to digital signal transmission.

randy-11
1,913 posts
 
yes, add the gizmos that levitate cables up above the floor

I've seen claims that the floor pushes static electricity into the cable

Again, the post above about poor electronic design is relevant...

and what about the snake oil around wooden equipment stands?

Finally, I am wondering how a $30,000 DAC makes things sound better
jetter
2,972 posts
 
I have no problem with Canare speaker or interconnects, or Morgami for that matter.  I did find the Beldon not my cup of tea.
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crazyeddy OP
381 posts
 

Sorry guys, I had no intention of this getting serious. My wording of the post probably could have been a little better. I was hoping for stuff like Nigel Tuffnel's Marshall amp that goes to 11 (Spinal Tap) or a product like Organlike Cables. See link below.

https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2016/09/20/the-far-corners-the-skin-effect-and-albanias-organike-cables.

I was hoping to share some laughs, not serious debates.

That being said, What Snake Oil upgrades (that are obviously not real) have you come across. Lets try to keep it funny folks. I like to laugh :)

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