Simple snake oil detection


Hi there were soooo many posts asking af any given device, toy, tweak or component is snake oil.
I’m not considered to be disbeliever or engineering guru at all. All I know and use is elementary math.

If an amp worth more than new Bmw, I can kinda take that with grain of salt, but if a wire is worth more than stainway grand, I am DEFINITELY sure snake oil is there without even questioning if this particular product makes sense 

So now any audio device can be plugged into the detection formula above to truthfully define snake oil. All you need to know is product name, description and asking price.

czarivey

"but if a wire is worth more than stainway grand,"

stainway grand?

Is that the same company that makes those roledex watches?


Why do certain people care, so much, what other people spend their money on?

Does one really think they are saving them from themselves?

Words like snake oil and words from P.T.Barnum always seem to pop up to mock users of certain audio items. Seems like a total waste of time.
willemj
For the Schumann resonance:
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4352

Oh, no! That’s what always seems to happen when English majors attempt to debunk audiophile tweaks. The whole thing on Schumann frequency is filled with superstition, paranoia, misconceptions and misunderstanding. Hey, that’s just the way it goes sometimes. Skeptoid.com. 😱

“Only quote facts.”
geoffkait - Good question. No, he didn’t. Thanks for asking. It appears that’s another Old Wives Tale promulgated by Scaredy Cat Skeptics.

But P.T. Barnum did say "Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung".