QSA Stones

@coralkong What do you care how much money I spend on and what I choose to try/buy?

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I have no doubt who the ignorant flat-earthers are in this thread.

I don't think the primary issue is money - I now consider that to be something of a deflection.  To some the issue is about the ethics of making claims that cannot be substantiated in any objective manner.

This of course is applicable in many areas of our day to day living in a civilized society.

Please elaborate on exactly what it means to be a flat-earther.



  

The 'science' aspect of audio started disappearing when patch cords were re-named interconnects and PRaT was considered more valuable than data. 

Wake up boys and girls there's very little on this forum that's about the love of Music; it's a lot more about bling. 

noske

To some the issue is about the ethics of making claims that cannot be substantiated in any objective manner.

This is a hobbyist's group, not a scientific forum. No one here owes anyone scientific proof of anything. If that's an "issue" for you, you may be in the wrong place.

I’m always surprised by the claims made by occult tweaker products. I use the word "occult" because these products make big claims but always supply small to zero evidence to justify them. They’ll always tell you what you should "expect" to hear when you try them-- and that is part of the success of occult products-- the power of suggestion. You project differences that you think you hear onto the product-- often just cheap crap like rocks, paint, or "black box" specials. Saying rocks will make your system sound better because of some special "ju ju" that no can even begin to explain and back up with any credible evidence is the seed they plant in your mind-- then your mind does the rest. The "eye witness" theory-- as in, "I heard it so it must be so" is meaningless. Courts understand that even eyewitnesses are often very unreliable-- as memories can be altered just by thinking about them.

All that said, if you take a pill and feel better, it can be the pill, or it can be the placebo effect-- something very real but not very well understood. That effect is probably more real than the magical benefits of $80 rocks that cost very little and do even less-- other that to perhaps decrease some vibrations-- something most non-magical rocks can also do quite well.

As an aside-- those rocks look like crap for $80 apiece. If you’re going to rip people off selling dressed up rocks, at least slap a decent looking sticker on them and paint them a pretty color so that they don’t look like cow-sh!t yeah?

@mr-m
Saying I disagree with you is not an attack.
It's an opinion.

Saying I spend my money foolishly is an attack.
That's an insult.