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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"Hi Geoff, Just a quick note to let you know how impressed I am with the Teleportation Tweak to the U.K. I have tried a number of accessories from the likes of Walker Audio, Enacom etc, and the Teleportation Tweak is in a different league. At $60 it’s a no brainer!"
"The best one though was also the most expensive. For $1200 he would call you on the phone, and using his magic quantum powers your music would sound better, and fast, fast as your credit card payment takes to clear."

Well miller, you were only off by $1140. Where do you get all your erroneous information? You seem quite hostile toward and preoccupied with a guy who can’t even defend himself here. You were instrumental in getting him banned, no? You consistently bash his company for its products-which you have never tried and have zero experience with- and his ’word salad’, yet you tout the likes of Synergistic Research, no? Indeed, go to their site and read their quantum this, and quantum that ’word salad’. I personally have never tried one of their products, so I cannot comment as to their efficacy. Interesting how some in life have such a hypocritical double standard and play so loose with actual facts.



@oregonpapa ,
Hi, Frank.
Yes, geoffkait has been banned. For how long and if it is permanent, I do not know.
"Geoffkait,
can you please explain how the super stiff springs can effectively prevent taps, bumps, and vibrations from subwoofer?"

"The subwoofer puts out what maybe 20Hz if you’re lucky. So the iso system doesn’t actually have to be too heroic for subwoofers. The resonant frequency of the iso system for the sub would only have to be what about 8 or 10 Hz to be effective at 20Hz and above? The idea of course is to prevent subwoofer cabinet resonance to feed back to the rest of the system via the floor. The Super Stiff Springs will provide between 2 and 4 Hz resonant frequency for the isolating system depending on total mass on springs. So, let’s say your subwoofer weighs 100 lbs. For the lowest resonant frequency of the system you would use three Super Stiff Springs but since the subwoofer’s lowest frequencies aren’t really an issue - as they are for components when seismic vibrations are involved - four springs are recommended under the subwoofer for stability. You still have to isolate the rest of the components from seismic, subways, footfall and tap, i.e., all sources of structureborne vibration. But by isolating the sub you eliminate one big contributor to structural vibration in the room."

"If anyone can find even one coherent post about springs from the loon please do, and I will promptly eat my hat."

Anyone reading what geoffkait wrote find it incoherent? 

While you're eating your hat, it may taste better with a big side of crow.


No worries. Your candor is refreshing and appreciated. Since my rebuttals are no longer relevant, I shall delete them as well.
"Do you get to pick the hat you eat?"
If he is a fan of Mexican, I suggest a sombrero.
And the winner is-
muvluv! For having the longest run on sentences of the thread.
Although I am afraid you must relinquish your crown for the below or have one heck of a dandy run on sentence to explain:

for gold carries signal better than copper. Another one is amplifiers that put out low watts for thousands of dollars again this is just another placebo effect

I was just saying the other day that people don't use the words simulacra and calumniate enough...
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