These cables would be an example of a modern day snake oil.
Audioholics cable snake oil.
In the 19th century medicines were mass produced and mass marketed for the first time but so were a lot of bogus medicines too which made outrageous claims to cure just about anything.
Watch out if a cable vendor or manufacturer.
So when i tried to educate him on cable selections and of course speaker wire snake oil he fought back like a cornered cat.
What is the magic in audio cables.
By gene dellasala april 25 2020.
Can not or will not lose sales prove gene wrong.
The audio industry has its share of marketing nonsense especially when dealing with the topic of speaker cables and audio interconnects.
1 cables that have attached black box eq networks 2 phono cartridge to pre amp cables.
Listed below are the top 10 cable snake oil claims to watch out for.
The guy had a big bark but an even bigger heart.
Perhaps we can set up a phone call with your staffed electrical engineering or physics team.
Is synergy in audio cables real or snake oil.
Apr 25 2020 1.
In 20 years of running audioholics i still haven t found the proverbial pot of gold or magic dust that only audio cables exhibit according to many esoteric cable manufacturers.
Is audio cable synergy real or snake oil.
Apr 25 2020 2 four exceptions.
How they bottle the snake oil.
Some of you may not know what i mean by snake oil.
He won t really say the specifics but he has definitly invested some cash into some really expensive speaker cables.
If you re interested in reading about that old dbt you can find it in this pdf article of the audio critic from spring of 1997.
If a vendor is selling you on any of these fallacies run don t walk away from their products unless of course you enjoy a good sci fi story and desire to buy expensive audio jewelery.
May 12 2020 113 1 1 1 gmoney audioholic field marshall.
He just refuses to believe that he might of wasted money on really expensive cables.
Steve was quite the character and even though he believed in a lot of the snake oil he was an asset to the audio community.
Cable snake oil forum discussion if you would like to discuss skin effect and how audioquest thinks it is responsible for diode rectification i would be happy to entertain such discussion.
