Advice on....Snake Oil


So, I get it. You purchase something and other claim it's snake oil. Or they purchase snake oil and you lay claim to the adage. 

My one question,

What is the general consensus a reputable brand would spend considerable time, resources and finances to create a product that is or what some would call "snake oil". 

My belief is that a lot of brands (PS Audio, Isoacoustics, Audioquest) would probably better spend their time developing and creating an impact rather than making a questionable product. Any dialogue to be had or am I off base?
j-wall

Showing 3 responses by speedbump6

Dill, your first post is spot on, in very few words. They don’t want , or can’t spend, or entrenched in their “science”.
exactly cleeds, they’re not trying to protect anything except to keep their personal bubble from bursting. They’re the ones when shown the blue pill and red pill, run away from either. There may very well be people who feel they don’t hear a difference, or feel, what they hear justifies the expense. There’s not a thing wrong with that, they’re not out trying to convince anyone that they didn’t hear what they claim they did. It makes no sense to spend if the value is not there for you. Why they are so hell bent on trying to convince us not to believe our own ears, not to spend for our own enjoyment ( last I checked, it’s my money I’m spending) 
Mr Jones, atmapheres post is 100 percent relevant. It’s obvious anything that doesn’t help your cause, isn’t relevant, as per you, lol. That dosnt mean much it seems. We all know you’re anti any improvements, cables, or others. If we extrapolate using you’re logic, then there are also no differences in audio equipment, their efforts to shield their products, to damp vibrations, Upgraded internal wiring,  are senseless. a capacitor of a a certain rating is the same as any other. But, we all know this isn’t true either. Funny how some of you get to decide when and what products they do and do not matter with.
Miller, could be a self image issue. They don’t trust themselves. They don’t trust their own ears. Maybe they think if they try to speak “ audiophile” speak, that they will be transparent and ridiculed for their lack of knowledge. Not that anyone doing that serves much sympathy either, that only drives people away. I play an online game for nine years now, the team I started is and has always been the top team in the world. But when I started I was scared to even converse with anyone. I figured it would be teens speaking their own language, that they would see right through  this old fart, lol. Turns out it was more old farts than kids anyways, and that helped me get over my fears of being called out in these convos. Maybe djones is just insecure and shy, and needs some love and understanding to help him through this phase? Hehe