Biggest audio hoaxes


Often when people discuss audio, they talk about "snake oil" or "hoaxes."

It's pretty typical to use the term hoax as a tactic against another who disagrees with one, or holds an unusual opinion or vouches for something which has not been verified. That's not what I mean by a "hoax." 

By "hoax" I mean an audio product or claim which has been pretty definitively disproved. Maybe not to everyone's satisfaction, but to common consensus.

So -- with that definition of hoax in mind, what are some of the biggest audiophile hoaxes you've heard of?
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 think one of the worst hoaxes in audio has been the attacks and disinformation on ABX and Other forms of blind testing ."

It is not a fraud, deception, or hoax to challenge, question, or refute the faults and limitations of the various forms of blind testing including abx part of the problem is that what many consider hear to be a blind test may be blind but they are not scientific because they leave other variables without proper, appropriate, and necessary controls. 


The real issue for some here is that the "blind test" is part of their fundamentalist core belief system as has been noted by various other users, contributors, and writers to this forum and when you have blind faith in any entity you cannot accept criticism, fault finding or  doubt directed, attached, or aimed at the fundamentalist belief itself it is immune from questioning.
sugabooger" Why are you not suggesting class action lawsuits for the other hoaxes mentioned."

You might want to check your facts, information, and data because the evidence is clear, abundant, and overwhelming that user "cleeds" has repeatedly, frequently, and consistently called out users alleging hoax, fraud, and deception and asked why they were not pursuing legal remedies that are abundantly available in the US to extract refund, compensation, and reimbursement for losses, damages, and injury caused, created, and/or the consequence of what some hear call audio "hoaxes."

Because you have now joined the community alleging fraud it does seem fair to inquire of you directly as to why you would not pursue the proper, proscribed, and appropriate legal remedies.
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