So when i tried to educate him on cable selections and of course speaker wire snake oil he fought back like a cornered cat.
Audioholics cable snake oil.
How they bottle the snake oil.
Is audio cable synergy real or snake oil.
Apr 25 2020 2 four exceptions.
Some of you may not know what i mean by snake oil.
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.
Can not or will not lose sales prove gene wrong.
The guy had a big bark but an even bigger heart.
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.
Listed below are the top 10 cable snake oil claims to watch out for.
What really gets me about all the snake oil in the audio cable industry and those who sell it.
Apr 25 2020 1.
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.
Watch out if a cable vendor or manufacturer.
The audio industry has its share of marketing nonsense especially when dealing with the topic of speaker cables and audio interconnects.
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.
He just refuses to believe that he might of wasted money on really expensive cables.
Who in the high end cable industry is willing to take gene up on his challenge to.
He won t really say the specifics but he has definitly invested some cash into some really expensive speaker cables.
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.
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.
These cables would be an example of a modern day snake oil.
1 cables that have attached black box eq networks 2 phono cartridge to pre amp cables.
What is the magic in audio cables.
By gene dellasala april 25 2020.
Perhaps we can set up a phone call with your staffed electrical engineering or physics team.
