Extreme Snake Oil

[Mart68]

I’m not sure if it is really snake oil if it does what it purports to do, albeit at a high price.

It has 'Textural moisture'. Can't measure that with your fancy analysers.

Give me six grand.

 

[mhardy6647]

'Textural moisture'

I am over the moon.

 

[CapMan]

It has 'Textural moisture'. Can't measure that with your fancy analysers.

Give me six grand.

I think I saw textural moisture once in a south London pub - they played a kind of progressive heavy folk rock with free jazz influences

 

[Alexander Gödde]

Just found this gem in a review on The Absolute Sound:

"You’ll also find, of course, an IEC power receptacle, but Tidal doesn’t provide power cords with any of its products, allowing the user to make a choice based on his budget and belief system."

You really cannot make this shit up.

 

[egellings]

that is snake oil , its the actual fuse wire soldered between the two ends

Ver-r-ry special wire, though.

 

[egellings]

I was wondering what the melt value was, then I saw this:

Only 71K? Get a couple for the kids!

 

[egellings]

I don’t think that’s the case. I have yet to see any audiophile say they bought any mega buck component just for the looks and/or prestige. There is invariably a claim of substantial improvement in the sound quality itself

Even when there isn't any.

 

[egellings]

I’m not sure if it is really snake oil if it does what it purports to do, albeit at a high price.

When it does something at an exorbitant price that an inexpensive product does every bit as well, then I deem it snake oil.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

Just found this gem in a review on The Absolute Sound:

"You’ll also find, of course, an IEC power receptacle, but Tidal doesn’t provide power cords with any of its products, allowing the user to make a choice based on his budget and belief system."

You really cannot make this shit up.

I like that statement as long as one takes it as "tongue in cheek."

 

[Mart68]

Just found this gem in a review on The Absolute Sound:

"You’ll also find, of course, an IEC power receptacle, but Tidal doesn’t provide power cords with any of its products, allowing the user to make a choice based on his budget and belief system."

You really cannot make this shit up.

And then there's this:

''Janczak agrees with most that a 44.1kHz sampling rate is “a pretty rough way to emulate the original soundwave.''

Designing and selling digital products, doesn't even grasp the basics. Epic fail.

 

[MattHooper]

I have a hard time processing a product like this as anything but an obscenity:

 

[Brian Hall]

I have a hard time processing a product like this as anything but an obscenity:

That guy really needs a dunce cap. Perfect example of an audiophool.

 

[boxerfan88]

$100k giant passive EQ network

 

[CapMan]

I have a hard time processing a product like this as anything but an obscenity

It is exactly that. This came to mind with the review !

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.”

The first measurement comes at 2’04” - it’s weight - and even that is subjective

 

[Spkrdctr]

I have a hard time processing a product like this as anything but an obscenity:

Not bad for $1,000 wires.They have gone for the massive markup and just sell two a year to make a living business method.

 

[egellings]

I have a hard time processing a product like this as anything but an obscenity:

I wonder how many of those have been sold.

 

[ta240]

I have a hard time processing a product like this as anything but an obscenity:

Several years ago MIT, the company behind those cables was having an online going out of business sale through an auction house. Most of their lots were at about 5% of retail and nearing the end when they pulled the sale and apparently decided to stay in business.

 

[ta240]

That guy really needs a dunce cap. Perfect example of an audiophool.

When he says "I heard an intense density", I thought "me too".

 

[Angsty]

Several years ago MIT, the company behind those cables was having an online going out of business sale through an auction house. Most of their lots were at about 5% of retail and nearing the end when they pulled the sale and apparently decided to stay in business.

Maybe liquidated inventory to make payroll.

 

[Anton D]

Do not overlook the value of that video.

It makes use of every tired meme, trope, and buzzword in the obfuscatory word lexicon in the hobby.

It is a masterpiece of jargon - perhaps the best I've seen in decades.

I wonder if the script was written by Machina Dynamica.