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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
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geoffkait
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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.”
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gdhal
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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".
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geoffkait
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gdhal, I hate to judge too hastily but it appears you give yourself waaay too much credit. 🤡

OK, I have to go out for a while. Talk amongst yourselves. And behave!

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hifiman5
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Remember that pesky fact about facts..."facts are fluid"🧐
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tls49
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"Why do certain people care, so much, what other people spend their money on?"

Excellent question, dill.

Could it be that these certain people actually have a subconscious desire to own the products they question, but due to fact that they don't have disposable income for the products, they must try to validate the products as being worthless.


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