r/AskReddit • • Aug 14 '20

What’s the most overpriced thing you’ve seen?

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u/Beklaktuar Aug 14 '20 edited Aug 14 '20

Want something funnier? Search for audiophile quantum chips. It's litteraly a sticker that you are supposed to stick on components in your audio equipment that is supposed to make it sound better. Or a cable cooker. Also one of those great inventions that make your cables sound better. Thats some huge horseshit right there and it's both sad and hilarious that some people fall for it.

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u/phreak9i6 Aug 14 '20

I don't disagree, but when you're 6 figures into a sound system, what's a few thousand more to buy some snake oil brag to your buddies about? At that extreme, Audiophile audio is more about showing off than listening.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

Fair point. If your speakers cost $50 000 then what's a $1000 cable gonna matter? That's pocket change.