[rfeenstra]

I used to sell Legacy Audio speakers and still have most of my demo units including the Whisper speaker system.  I had the opportunity to attend the CES show in Las Veges couple of times.  The vendors in the high end audio section of the show were an eye-opener when it comes to selling snake oil.  We were in one vendor's booth selling AC cable for $1000/ft.  It was an inch in diameter plastic honeycomb tube with individual silver conductors in each cell. After asking what was on the other side of the AC outlet, and if we could buy enough to get to the dam, we were kicked out.  The show was full of this kind of stuff.  People hear what they think they want to hear after spending the big bucks.

Did you know that putting green paint around the edge of your CD's improves the sound?  Something about scattered laser light.  Or, how about the $.15 solution (not sure of the exact amount but that's irrelevant)?  this was written up in Stereo Review I believe: Place a dime and a nickel (or what ever it was) on the top of your speakers.  You will discover that the sound "opens up" and the stereo imaging is improved.  That's the kind of stuff I had to deal with when selling high end audio.  Sometimes, convincing people that  much of this stuff was bogus was a real chore. I didn't sell the crap but was often asked the questions.

This thread has taken an interesting direction!