Some audiophile claims about playback components flout physical laws

Evidence

Reading the audiophile literature indicates that imaging is influenced by everything in the playback chain—that the real “truths” are in the recordings, waiting to be revealed by the right combination of interconnects, power cords, amplifiers, speaker wire, loudspeakers, stands, room treatments and so forth. Sarcasm comes easily after reading some of the advertising claims and reviews. There are substantial topics for discussion, no doubt, but some claims stretch credibility and flout physical laws. Here we will stick to mainstream physics and psychoacoustics, and address the final links in the playback chain: loudspeakers and rooms. — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 623

Categorization

• CANDY: Fun to tweet about audiophile snake-oil claims that stretch credibility despite mainstream physics.
• XREF: connects to: High-end audio forfeited credibility by refusing blind testing — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 161; Sighted reviewer claims about cables contradict controlled measurements — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 184

Broader Connections

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