SNAKE OIL! A new TV Show hosted by David Spade

“Snake Oil” is a purely emotional response used by people on these forums who, unable to prove their point blurt out these words like a child throwing a temper tantrum. I see irony in the fact that these “Audio Science” people are so quick to use this term. So quick to turn to emotion because they lack the “science” to prove their point or realize their argument does not stand up to scrutiny and so must resort to emotional responses.

The deniers refuse to accept the strange and wonderful surprises in this hobby called audio but at the same time seem to be religiously committed prophets commissioned to rid the world of HiFi.

This hobby fascinates a number of scientists, engineers and inventors who often stumble upon ways to improve audio before it is completely understood. The Wright Brothers had little knowledge of fluid dynamics but their propeller design was remarkably efficient given their work was largely intuitive.

We even have one person on these forums, a denier that claims people lie to themselves to believe that they hear a difference.  Perhaps people claimed the Wright Brothers only thought they were flying back 100+ years ago.

Ted Denney of Synergistic Research should be the host.

Hey, I can tell you that certain cables are not snake oil. I have tested a lot of them. I did an interesting test with Nordost c7 ( figure 8) Purple Flare against the Nordost Blue Heaven with a C7 ( figure 8 adapter) on a BlueSound Node 2i. It definitely sounded better. Here is the interesting thing about these two cables. The only difference is the Blue Heaven has a ground wire running through the sheath in a twist fashion. I think the ground connection only at the wall end is acting like a RFI/ EMI shield. Maybe it is against code to not have the ground attached at both ends. 
either way it did make a sound difference. That being said I do believe some of these cables have gone to the moon and beyond in price. Maybe it does cost that much more to have these special twists or terminations. I think it’s also based on the rule of 5x. If it costs $50 to make a cable the retail starts at $250 because everyone gets their cut. I say test the cable you want to buy first. If you feel the cable in your system is worth $1000 and you can afford it then buy it. I would also say try the $250 cable and see if the more expensive one is worth the money. I also believe you should spend the money on the components first and when you finish that then go into upgrading cables and buying expensive tweaks. Magister has done some serious upgrades without breaking the bank. Also, he must have one of the most understanding wives ever. Which makes him a very lucky man. For fun one day I did try a Nordost Valhalla 2 XLR on my modest 2nd system. I almost fell over the sound was so good. That being said I am not going to spend $12k on one 2 meter interconnect. That cable costs 3x as much as that system. So I put back my AQ Columbia and am very happy. I also use AQ Columbia XLR  in my main system. Test, test, and test before you drop that cash. We all worked hard for that money.

Yea the rest of people must learn how to audition an audio furniture and how good those shelves can sound yea yo!!!

Tortured myself by watching the show for five minutes, it's absolutely horrible. Somehow being employed by Saturday Night Live is supposed to make you entertaining. It's quite a bit of thin Goodwill.

At least with audio deceptiveness is better hidden and not as easy to see And understand