Snake oil, fraud, confirmation bias


It is becoming increasingly apparent that many threads about legitimate topics devolve into one or more of the contributors here making claims of snake oil, fraud, or confirmation bias thereby derailing the conversation beyond the valid and relevant thread topic and this is getting ridiculous. For anyone here who honestly holds the position that there is snake oil and fraud in the world of Music Reproduction Systems I challenge them to prove their claims in court it should be an easy task based on the claims they make here in Audiogon  AND they will make a fortune because in the US once proven they can file a class action suit and profit enormously from the efforts of others to deceive. These people regularly claim that "there is no evidence" that things such as cables or fuses make a difference when in actual fact Audiogon is filled with evidence that these things make very real differences in Music Reproduction Systems of course those who claim fraud reject that evidence as "confirmation bias" but in absence of any documentation from them they are only repeating the claim they have made so many times that has been refuted many times here by those who have demonstrated to there satisfaction that they make a difference.   I think in actual truth the real fraudsters here are those that repeatedly make these claims of snake oil and fraud and often they have no experience to back up there claims they simply say the claims are impossible!
clearthink
@kosst_amojan It’s unfortunate that what some are able to discern in their systems that you may or may not be able to hear in your’s, gets you so upset. Isn’t life too short for that?

@jea48 Why should Geoff or anyone else want to involve themselves with Audio Asylum? ugh.  The format there is crazy!
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It is becoming increasingly apparent that many threads about legitimate topics devolve into one or more of the contributors here making claims of snake oil, fraud, or confirmation bias thereby derailing the conversation beyond the valid and relevant thread topic and this is getting ridiculous.
When threads come off the rail such as this, one solution is to use the "report this" link and alert the moderator that the response is off-topic. There are some angry, self-righteous posters here and there's no need to allow them to prevent an otherwise productive conversation.
hifiman5 said:

@jea48 Why should Geoff or anyone else want to involve themselves with Audio Asylum? ugh. The format there is crazy!

@ hifiman5,

Hardly. 9524 posts.

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As for the format, it’s an acquired taste.
https://www.audioasylum.com/audio/general/bbs.html
At first I had trouble following posts until it finally started making sense to me.
I prefer the classic format.

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