Advice on....Snake Oil


So, I get it. You purchase something and other claim it's snake oil. Or they purchase snake oil and you lay claim to the adage. 

My one question,

What is the general consensus a reputable brand would spend considerable time, resources and finances to create a product that is or what some would call "snake oil". 

My belief is that a lot of brands (PS Audio, Isoacoustics, Audioquest) would probably better spend their time developing and creating an impact rather than making a questionable product. Any dialogue to be had or am I off base?
j-wall

Why would they be frightened by something as simple as filing a complaint with a consumer protection agency? Every state has one.

If you're asking why I haven't it's because my wife is an attorney who explained to me why it would be a waste of time.  I explained it above but you choose to ignore it.

but as long as they stay away from making definitive statements of guaranteed success then they have CTA.

It's very hard to prove if it was easy as I said noone would need to wade through the homeopath meds in the drug store. Some of them have been sued and the homeopath drug makers win. Does that mean they work? It means it's almost impossible to prove intent which is required in civil lawsuits of fraudulent practices. 


You'll find forums and comments on websites, reviews and fanboys claim miraculous  results  but you'll not find any declarative statements that tweak "x " or cable "y" improves the sound in every instance made by a manufacturer of said tweaks or cables. There's a lot of vagueness and personal experience by consumers of these things in the comment section. I mean why would they claim their product is miraculous for everyone, you think they want to be sued? 
djones51
If you're asking why I haven't it's because my wife is an attorney who explained to me why it would be a waste of time ...
So it would be a waste of time to file a fraud complaint with your state consumer protection agency, but it's worth your time to repeat the same claims here over and over and over again? Right.
Yeah that's right, my time here doesn't cost me anything.  I guess I could file one first I would need to find a manufacturer who claims their product always works and no refunds. You know one? I'll buy a product from them and file a complaint. 
Dont let the so called Snake oil pro-hunters, hide from you the truth:

Any ready made " generic" electronic designed component, need to be rightfully embed in a "specific" triple dimensions in your house and audio system: mechanically,electrically and acoustically...

No audio component being " generic" created in ideal conditions is ready out of the box to gives his optimum working without being protected by resonance and vibrations controls, without being treated against a too high noise floor in your electrical grid and mostly without being located in an acoustically treated room, with passive materials and active devices.


Is it not simple to understand?

By the way i was doing all that with homemade low cost materials and device, NO branded costly tweaks for me...

No tweaks solve this triple embeddings problems anyway.... NOT ONE....

And a bunch of tweaks is not a METHOD to embed your particular audio system  in your particular house....A method begins with systematic listening experiments....

Ok i apologize but newcomers need to know this basic fact....