Snake oil thread

Discussion in 'General Audio Discussion' started by Judeus, Oct 12, 2015.

  1. Thad E Ginathom

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    Wasn't that one of those hype-fi, maybe we shouldn't talk so badly about this company especially if we haven't even heard its component that has no functional parts whatsoever threads?

    Yes, I think it was. And I bet the damn thing still sells.
     
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    what'r your opinion on contact enhancer, plug type ( coating, plug material v.v...), cable type ( gauge, material).
    Some measurement would be perfect.
     
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    Stuff like DeOxit is wonderful. It's damned expensive without even being audiophile, but, on balance, it has probably saved me money, as there is stuff that would be in the bin if I had not been ably to De-Oxit-rejuvinate contacts and switches.

    On the other hand, a couple of decades ago, when I was lapping this stuff up, I had some Russ Andrewsmagic liquid that was supposed to do magic to everything from CDs, through cables, to plug prongs. I suspect it was soap!
     
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    I thought I've seen every kind of snake oil for hi-fi enthusiasts out there, but just WTF is this?
    http://www.thebestamp.com/Accessories/MRP-100.php

    I must admit, as a medical practitioner, I'm really curious to try this one out and see if it really has any effect it describes. f**k me, right?
     
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    Yes! Fight psychology with psychology.
     
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    It was an entertaining read with the only person actively advocating the product clearly trying to convince others to purchase it. As you'd expect the only people banned were the ones criticizing it and even going as far as testing the so-called magical substance (sand, as us mortals like to call it) to see its composition.

    Some more entertainment brought to you by none other than Synergistic Research (again) is the rep struggling to come up with what exactly the products do. Not particularly trying to bash the products being shown here, for the record. Did Tyll ever get the samples to test as mentioned in the video?

     
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    Watch-out! I heard an early prototype "dis-integrated" human cells and left only a pile of mold, viruses, and bacteria!
     
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    Raw material for the next Synergistic Research product?

    I could only stand a couple of minutes of that video. My brain started to dis-integrate.
     
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    I'm very interested. I see a few places that sell rocks that you tape to your cables....

    I didn't think of that. I wonder if I cover my cables with kale... I'm told kale will make everything better.
     
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    Make sure you elevate them too with something that has natural ores:
    http://www.acoustic-revive.com/english/rci3/rci3_01.html
     
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    Looks like bullshit.
     
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    What's all that dirt/dust/rust?
     
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    I don't think we really want to know what it is, just that we really don't want it near expensive gear.
     
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    Crystal spectrometry bro.
     
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    Jesus f**k stop linking to anything related to that idiot company.
     
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    http://bybeetech.com/?page_id=136

    Wow. Just wow.

    I'll bet these work even better if you stick one end in one of those Entreq boxes of dirt. I wonder if you have to water it?
     
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    Wow x2.
    You could take that paragraph and use it to fertilize your flower beds. What horseshit. C-13 atoms? Man I am depressed. I have Inefficient electrons.

    Edit: just finished reading the whole page in the link. Now I have air in my house that is not compliant to sound waves!
     
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    I really cannot believe that in this day and age that people are so ill informed that they‘ll still fall for this bullshit. OK, I don‘t blame the people but I f'ing blame the shysters that put that site up, and even more so the so called HiFI dealers listed that stock the products.

    I‘m just f'ing gobsmacked at the utter audacity of these pricks.
     
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    It is still a "buyer beware" kind of world. Anything for a buck seems to rule the day. Or as my pappy used to say, business ethics is an oxymoron too much of the time. My dad ran his business ethically and made a decent living. Others he knew did not. And got rich. Shysters indeed.
     

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