The science of opinion ...

Then there’s this. It’s GOLD, Jerry, GOLD!!

https://youtu.be/6rB2W0umdq0

Copy / paste from that article (Dr. Ethan Winer, PhD):
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Most $40 CD players sound exactly the same as $4,000 CD players. If they don't sound the same, one or both of them are defective or poorly designed. 
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That's the reason he proudly displays a Walmart DVD player as his "CD player" on his site.

Of course, same holds true for DAC, cables (any cables), Amps, etc. 

And he uses Walmart kiddie stools to hold his bookshelf speakers. When I pointed this out on a FB group, especially with regards how short those stools are, he told me "prove it to me that those stools have any negative impact to his system", then he called me an idiot, threw a graph in my face, etc. etc.

I agree with both. Time for Zyprexa?

@atdavid, Thanks for the opening link.
I think I’ll stay in neutral, and watch the traffic on the freeway. ;)

@geo, even better link, and more to the point. *G* 

@swanlee597

You pretty much cannot go on an audio forum these days without a vocal group yelling "snake oil" "ABX before you can share your opinions" about EVERY single thing in audio.

It’s gotten to the point I think these people get offended if people EVER listen to their system for pleasure anymore.

Just gotta ignore them as those cries add nothing to any audio discussion. To them every piece of equipment and every cable sounds the same, nothing makes a difference besides speakers and we are all wasting our time.

That mentality never leads to anything worthwhile as far as audio discussion

So true. What always amazes me is the question as to what motivates these people? Why do so many people want to spend their short life telling people that they are buying snake oil and telling them to do double blind tests and repeating this ad infinitum. It is pointless. Why do they do it?
@atdavid is at least trying to do it in an original way here, but it still amounts to the same absolute waste of time. Just...why?