You Can Get Rich From 'Snake Oil'!


Yes, vast fortunes await those who are willing to expose the "snake oil" that's rampant in audiophile land. Audiophile fuses, audiophile network switches, audiophile cables - it's all snake oil, according to the "experts." Here's just one recent claim:

The facts are that there is no theoretical improvement possible with any audiophile tweaks, and you have to have a solid understanding of how things work to understand that. And here is the problem, people without any relevant knowledge make fantastical claims of things that just cannot be true and it is easy to verify that is the case.

Stephen Tuttle laid the template for resolving audiophile misdirection in his action against Music Direct. Those who claim similar frauds here should follow suit. After all, "it is so easy to verify."

Imagine the enormity of the Class Action suit - the untold hoards who have been misled by placebo and expectation bias! Imagine the number of newbies that will be spared from misinformation!  And, of course, the vast wealth that will accrue to the plaintiffs as entire segments of the audiophile industry are taken apart and dissolved, with their ill-gotten gains distributed in strict accordance with a court order.

The naysayers are wasting their time here arguing with just a handful of audiophiles in our little corner of the Internet. They should be like Tuttle. Demonstrate the courage of their convictions (remember: "it is easy to verify"). Get some lawyers. Expose the truth.

Report back when done. Until then, they're just talking to themselves.

 

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       The adherents of the Naysayer Church will never accept that there exists a multitude of variables, when an accurate simulacrum of performers and their performance in a particular venue, is the desire/goal.

         If their result differs from that of others, the aspects that they can't discern CERTAINLY MUST BE the product of the others' imagination (OR, "snake oil).

             Of this they are certain: it CAN'T be THEIR system, room, or ears!

                                            Perish the thought!

I buy expensive cables, esoteric fuses, and spring isolators just so people have something to complain about online. 

I think there’s a huge number of people willing to buy into anything. I also disagree that we’ve measured everything possible, especially not in the complicated space of a listening room.

I’ve heard caps break in and speaker cables change the outcomes. I also think cables which sound different are WAY too expensive.

The audiophile norm is a fetish of polishing, spending and avoiding the most cost effective or effective solutions in favor of trends.

My advice:

  • Learn to build your own. Speakers, cables, whatever.
  • Be true to your own ears and no one else’s.

Probably the biggest gap between reality and spend and testing is vibration control methods.  It is so damn easy for a manufacturer to test vibration, and the effects of that vibration on cables and solid state equipment, but we've seen ZERO.  It doesn't happen.

Real simple.  Measure output, add vibration.  Show us that x solution is better than y in any possible way.

If I made millions selling pillows on TV this is the point where I'd put up a million dollars to anyone showing any vibrational control devices do anything for solid state gear. But I'm not a pillow guy and I have no cash so the world will have to wait.

If some 'expert' says so, that's it - end of story! No further discussion necessary.