When you get my age, your right, it can be a religious experience/moment!
See previous post.What can be a religious experience?
I believe someone at audiogon also pulled out a quote somewhere from the SR web site stating that SR uses blind testing, in-house, in testing/selecting components.
!neppah nac ti ,hgual t’noDRight??!? They need to get ahead of all those users complaining “my internet is backwards”.
So this isn't illegal to claim something that isn't scientifically proven?
I can cure Covid! Illegal.
I can change quantum physics of a piece of copper with a Tesla coil from eBay! Legal.
... I'm starting wonder if organized crime is possibly involved in some of the audiophile snake oil products. ...
That was actually my first thought when I came across some of the earlier posts for power cables running $15K+ per meter. Easy to setup a shop primarily for moving ("laundering") money... both domestic and international. And if a few real customers order a cable along the way, so much the better.
I tell you: he assembles some of the best sounding systems at shows with extremely well recorded content. He then choregraphs a half hour show where he cleverly shows before/after demos. He takes polls and just about everyone raises their hands that they heard a positive difference. I have had people chase me telling me how much they think his stuff makes a difference that I need to try them. This, without me knowing them!Are we to believe that those who work at the Synergistic Research factory spend time listening to giant spools of wire to find out whether the cable “sounds better” running right to left or left to right? How the hell are audio cables directional? How is this guy still in business?
Just to be clear: I am not implying anything about his company, Nordost, VooDoo Cable, etc. However, other than artwork (and now NFTs), I'm not aware of many other products where $100 of raw materials cost can so easily be turned into a $100K+ sale.Perhaps he needs to be reported to Financial Crimes Enforcement for possible compliance investigation and observation.
I wonder if he believes it too or is knowingly deceiving people .I tell you: he assembles some of the best sounding systems at shows with extremely well recorded content. He then choregraphs a half hour show where he cleverly shows before/after demos. He takes polls and just about everyone raises their hands that they heard a positive difference. I have had people chase me telling me how much they think his stuff makes a difference that I need to try them. This, without me knowing them!
It is an incredibly well done magic show and works its well, magic, at every show. Even I "hear' the improvement when I sit there. Fortunately I know better and only go to his room to collect playlist of good recordings. There is no hope for anyone else sitting there thinking this stuff is not real.
You put those speakers with anything and it ought to sound pretty good.Here is a show report of their suite: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...i-speakers-berkeley-alpha-reference-dac.1503/
Sadly, even in a court of law, could you imagine trying to prove none of what Synergistic says is true? You and I would be like “Let’s setup a blind test.” Whereby Synergistic lawyers would demand the court rent out Carnegie Hall, supply the best equipment, make sure the cables sit untouched for 30 days (with security no-less to ensure those cables aren’t touched), no one else can be in the listening room while tests are conducted and each person should have a week to acclimate themselves to the system, so put them up in a 5 star hotel to eliminate any stress. Then, when the $millions are spent to prove none of their products work any better than zip cord, the jury will hear closing testimony “50% of the users preferred our product to zip cord.” So now bring in the statistician expert testimony where they’ll get at least one to say “Picking correctly 50% of the time is not statistically valid. The results are inconclusive.”Plenty of illegal things happen with zero enforcement. Even if their claims danced into the realm of the disprovable it would be a long shot to think that a government enforcement agency would bat an eye at such a tiny market with so many happy customers. As these companies continue to grow and multiply they may get on someone’s radar but not yet.
I once sat in the audience at a magic show in which I swear to God I saw a woman disappear. So did everyone else. It made me question everything I think I know. Did she disappear? I don't think so. But that's what I saw. He stuffed her into a box that was approx. 3ftx3ftx3ft. The box was on top of a small table with nothing around it but air. He rotated it 360 degrees, opened it up again, and she was gone. After the show I actually went looking for the magician. I was determined to find out how he did it but he was gone. The magic show was on a beach. By the time I returned there was nothing on the beach but sand. Not only can you not believe your ears , but sometimes you can't believe your eyes.I tell you: he assembles some of the best sounding systems at shows with extremely well recorded content. He then choregraphs a half hour show where he cleverly shows before/after demos. He takes polls and just about everyone raises their hands that they heard a positive difference. I have had people chase me telling me how much they think his stuff makes a difference that I need to try them. This, without me knowing them!
It is an incredibly well done magic show and works its well, magic, at every show. Even I "hear' the improvement when I sit there. Fortunately I know better and only go to his room to collect playlist of good recordings. There is no hope for anyone else sitting there thinking this stuff is not real.