What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak?

I suppose you tried this outlet cover and found to be completely useless.....do you have any measurements to substantiate your vote? What receptacle did you pair this cover with? 

“What got me thinking about this is that I was at one of the retailers I frequent, where I’ve spent quite a bit recently. He actually asked me to buy one of these (similar price, not these) and after I thought about it I was pretty insulted. Did he think I was a pigeon? I don’t know about the rest of you, but I didn’t make my money by being anyone’s fool.”

So you felt insulted by this retailer and thought of venting your frustration here...great. The only point you made with your post is you’re one of those individuals willing to diss a product without even trying.

BTW, pigeons are extraordinarily intelligent birds 😉

How about SHM-CD’s from Japan....they turn out to be nothing more than just clever marketing BS!!!

“Given the so-called high end audio business seldom uses specs at all, especially with these types of products, what specification would show what effect that a power chord, plate cover, green ink etc etc has on sound?”

If you’ve tried any of the stuff you say, you would know the possible effects or no effects at all on the sound. Cause you will be speaking from your experience...otherwise you have no credibility (just like the OP) to diss a product that may be effective or completely useless.

In 20 years of trying many tweaks I know better not to deem a product ‘useless’ in a public forum until I’ve tried in my system.

That’s why they invented Bluetooth Audio for cheapskates 😉

mikeh22020,

IMHO, unless you have tried and tested any given tweak in your system, you are simply talking from a position of literal ignorance. Of course I am not doubting your or anyone’s ability to research and excercise common sense when making decisions to try a specially formulated 💩 or a well thought out tweak 😊

Ultimately it’s your Audio system and money, spend it anyway you seem fit.

glow_worm,

It’s all good. I get your point ‘there is a line where this pursuit ends and hucksterism begins’.