Simple snake oil detection


Hi there were soooo many posts asking af any given device, toy, tweak or component is snake oil.
I’m not considered to be disbeliever or engineering guru at all. All I know and use is elementary math.

If an amp worth more than new Bmw, I can kinda take that with grain of salt, but if a wire is worth more than stainway grand, I am DEFINITELY sure snake oil is there without even questioning if this particular product makes sense 

So now any audio device can be plugged into the detection formula above to truthfully define snake oil. All you need to know is product name, description and asking price.

czarivey

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Money back guarantee is just another way to make snake oil tastier and use it as lube to reduce tension during ...ahem... sale 
Why kill thread?
give me ANY item even non audio — plug in and I can tell ya if it buzzes or blinks or BOTH or scared that you wasted your funds in air?

Nevertheless, if you plug just Shakti stone or even Nordost Odin to my SOD without mentioning price, it will not blink. If you enter MSRP, it will DEFINITELY blink and BUZZ on both products!

Jmc 
I do not judge I only show what works and it does as you can see
...nevertheless in all cases above SOD works even if you plug-in yogiboy's snake oil suggestion -- it'll buzz just on name LOL.

technically SOD buzzer should be used indeed for yourself as mirror. plug in name, description and price and see if it blinks or buzzes or simply see yourself in the mirror and compare it with your TV. 
Very correctly noted 
build hookup wire, set asking price $25k, sell it to someone, possibly refund after return and borrow another 6...7 figures loan on just an asset traffic 
audiiphiles help these pitchers 
hopefully my unsophisticated tool will help to realize how foolish sometimes we are
dang 50% posts removed! it also tickles audiogon as they remove (looks like in panic they purge and purge and purge lustly) whatever or not falls on to their guidelines that are so flexible that posts can be removed at any time for any reason.
i guess it brings them fun as to ones who posts here, the balance of pain and pleasures has always been and always will be.