Biggest audio hoaxes

I agree, burn in the pretty crazy hoax. I've never noticed any component acquire  drastic change over certain prescribed time periods.

As I mentioned earlier I think one of the worst hoaxes in audio has been the attacks and disinformation on ABX and Other forms of blind testing . In the scientific community it meets the level  of common consensus as part of the scientific method. Audiophiles act as if it's voodoo. 

Maybe not to everyone's satisfaction, but to common consensus.

Biggest hoax >> ’wife who pokes her head into your listening room and proclaims she hears a difference when you have recently (unbeknownst to her) acquired some new component’.

You know she’s pulling wool over your head. No way in hell any wife, no matter what you say, can tell a turtle from a speaker. If she tells you otherwise, figure out the ulterior motive pronto. I would much rather prefer my wife cheats on me instead of playing with my emotions like this. 

djones51" think one of the worst hoaxes in audio has been the attacks and disinformation on ABX and Other forms of blind testing ."

It is not a fraud, deception, or hoax to challenge, question, or refute the faults and limitations of the various forms of blind testing including abx part of the problem is that what many consider hear to be a blind test may be blind but they are not scientific because they leave other variables without proper, appropriate, and necessary controls. 


The real issue for some here is that the "blind test" is part of their fundamentalist core belief system as has been noted by various other users, contributors, and writers to this forum and when you have blind faith in any entity you cannot accept criticism, fault finding or  doubt directed, attached, or aimed at the fundamentalist belief itself it is immune from questioning.

+2 djones51.   There is definitely a concerted effort to spread false information. It is similar to other industries which have been repeatedly debunked, but they still continue, many whose sales far exceed this little corner of the debunked world.


Similarly, though, those that should be most upset are the biggest proponents. Is this a misery loves company thing or an anti-authority thing

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It is not a fraud, deception, or hoax to challenge, question, or refute
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If you had stopped there, the overall validity of the post went way up.
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arafiq682 posts05-18-2021 3:36pmBiggest hoax >> ’wife who pokes her head into your listening room and proclaims she hears a difference when you have recently (unbeknownst to her) acquired some new component’.

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