It’s time for some hard truth - Aqvox "Audiophile" Network Switch

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Every industry has its fair share of people and companies aiming to perfect the craft... but that aim has lead to a number of shady snake oil solutions that don't actually improve anything. Today, we look at one of those.

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY
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Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:41 What is this thing?
2:57 Their claims
6:14 Testing their claims
11:09 Teardown
15:04 Why it doesn't work
17:39 Why people are still buying it