Funniest snake oil theories

[hpeter]

Not fair, I know you have them suspended on those $5,000/pc. myrtle blocks.

good price
/sarcasm

 

[DPH]

I normally stay out of these sort of discussions but I feel the skeptics here have missed a possibility.
Onnes' research into unexpected deviations from normal conductivity lead to his Nobel Prize.
Josephson predicted even more obscure and tiny deviations from expected conductivity and scored a Nobel too.
Now any unknown physical effect that is sufficient to product audible effects but has somehow been unnoticed in over a hundred years of research into conductivity must be a Nobel for sure!
So if any of the proponents of cable directivity would like to provide some evidence that meets the usual standards of science then I will be happy to finish off the research and split the $1,000,000 prize money.
What the hell, I always wanted a Nobel, you can have ALL the money.
It's an easy $Million if what you say is true, I just need a few clues for a research proposal.

Best wishes
David

That's why I've been reminding those proponents of cable directionality that a Nobel waits for the validation of their claims and to mind the effects of room temperature and bull materials on the ensemble behavior. ;-)

 

[scott wurcer]

optical

The point is that it is perfectly possible to alter the behavior of systems at a distance, the question is why.

Photons now too, certainly enough here for two Nobels.

 

[DF96]

It would indeed be fascinating if the Standard Model can be extended by an audio enthusiast. Much cheaper than pouring millions into CERN and neutrino experiments.

Does Max's secret substance use the same physics as Bybees?

 

[billshurv]

Hello David.
Ok, I have a wide ranging and interesting bunch of observations that do not completely accord with conventional theory as I and others understand it, and not all of which I am willing to divulge to the 'pitchfork wielding villagers' present here.

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Actually other than your Behringer mods you haven't divluged a single thing in a manner that would allow a repeatable experiment. Just anecdotes about steered demos.

Don't forget Clever Hans!

 

[bwaslo]

Yea, the request for information that would support winning the Nobel left out the most crucial requirement: independendently reproducible evidence. After all, experiments that work only in your own little world and senses arent worth a damn thing to the real world.

 

[scott wurcer]

independendently reproducible evidence.

Difficult when no measurement of claimed effects can be made (apparently).

 

[RJM1]

This forum reminds me if an old Doctor Who quote " Never be sure of anything, it's a sign of weakness.". I do not believe in cable directionality but I am open to scientific measurements.

 

[Speedskater]

Bill Whitlock did a page on why the shield needs to be connected at the driven end rather than at the receive end. But then, interference is rather situation specific.

Several short pages actually, starting at page 87:
http://centralindianaaes.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/indy-aes-2012-seminar-w-notes-v1-0.pdf

 

[scottjoplin]

I thought you meant with pseudo balanced. Shield of a balanced line should be connected at both ends

 

[jan.didden]

I thought you meant with pseudo balanced. Shield of a balanced line should be connected at both ends

Hans Polak made a good point for OEO (one end only) grounding of the screen in his Linear Audio article Pin 1 revisited, adding OEO to an accepted rule, with comments from Bill Whitlock.

Jan

 

[squadra]

Hans Polak made a good point for OEO (one end only) grounding ...

You mean something like this "ground box"?

 

[jan.didden]

You mean something like this "ground box"?

I forgot. This is the snake oil thread...

Sorry for temporarily going over to facts and data. I'll try to do better next time ;-)

Jan

 

[MITsound]

Photons now too, certainly enough here for two Nobels.

Wasn't this already covered with the observer effect, with the slit foil photon experiment?

 

[scottjoplin]

Sorry for temporarily going over to facts and data.

How do I know these aren't alternative facts?

 

[scott wurcer]

Wasn't this already covered with the observer effect, with the slit foil photon experiment?

No the delayed choice experiment is different, I was talking about an unknown field that interacts with photons (E&M don't).

 

[DPH]

^ And thereby upset Bell a wee bit.

I think he'll be a bit closer to a Nobel than any of the rest of us, LIGO included.

 

[jan.didden]

How do I know these aren't alternative facts?

I actually thought about it long and hard ;-)
You should try that sometimes.

Jan

 

[scottjoplin]

I have, and it depends on what other connections there are between source and receiver

 

[Max Headroom]

Two days ago I bought two pairs of Sony ear bud headphones that were on clearance special.
I cracked one pair open and applied the mixture to the magnets and connections of the miniature drivers.
So far, three out of three subjects indicated strong preference for the treated pair in double blind testing.

Dan.