Frankly, it's not up to anyone to show that these devices DON'T work,
it's up to Shakti to demonstrate that they do,

It seems they have sufficiently done so for some who have actually tried them.
Just because you don't like their literature doesn't mean they don't improve
room sound. Personally I would want to try them before endorsing them or
condemning them. At that price they had better exceed my expectations though.



Frankly, the
recording industry is populate with more than its fair share of
cranks and kooks. Yeah, some of them make GREAT recordings, but an
unfortunately large number of those that do have NO idea HOW they do
it. And a lot of those who have made GREAT recordings have made perfectly
horrible recordings as well.

I'm guessing this in reference to Steve Hoffman. He is primarily a mastering
engineer. He has done very little recording. IME his work has been consistantly
excellent. I doubt that he is just getting lucky.


No, it's not about whether diffusion does or does not work, because
Shakti's thingy has NOTHING to do with diffusion. It's about magic
wands.


Based on the sales pitch or actual experience with the product? Listerine used
to say that their product prevented colds. It was a lie. Thier product did work
as a mouth wash though which what it was sold as.