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Re:Audiophiles in Japan Are Installing Their Own Power Poles by tlrobinson on Saturday December 29, 2018 @02:55AM (#18782548)
There's a slight difference. AFAIK oenophiles don't typically try to use pseudoscience to justify their purchases (or encourage others to make purchases)

If someone told me I should buy a wine because the doorknobs in the winery were special wooden knobs I would also question their judgement/sanity.

Re:Audiophiles in Japan Are Installing Their Own Power Poles by contingo on Saturday December 29, 2018 @05:44AM (#18783025)
You evidently haven't encountered the biodynamic viticulture people, who are everywhere these days. They will tell you to buy a wine because its grapes were harvested when the stars were in a particular alignment and the moonlight a particular intensity.
Re:Audiophiles in Japan Are Installing Their Own Power Poles by village-idiot on Saturday December 29, 2018 @10:37AM (#18784031)
And they buried the correct rams horn full of crystals before planting.

I’m not kidding.

Re:Audiophiles in Japan Are Installing Their Own Power Poles by lostlogin on Saturday December 29, 2018 @03:18AM (#18782617)
But they are oak, imparting a woodland undertone.