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The things those clowns imagined they could hear

I hear ya man. Back in the 60’s & 70’s I subscribed to Stereo Review and High Fidelity and Audiophile mags, among others.

There was one ad for a speaker that was “designed just like the human ear...”

It was actually SHAPED like a human ear because, well, you know, what better shape to capture all of the subtleties and nuances of sound than .....wait for it....the human ear.

Being a young dude at the time, I didn’t “Get-It” about advertising, until I began to see a whole lot of ads for Tuners that utilized sexy babes in bikinis. They pretty much all used the same copy - Check out our ‘front-end’, or words to that effect...

You probably remember the "Audio Cheapskate" of Audiophile magazine that had everyone running around marking up the edges of their CDs with green felt pens, telling them is did magical things to the sound.

And then IIRC, the markers were found to be ruining the CDs and the "Cheapskate" crept off into exile and humiliation.

Lemmings got nothing on the audiophile true believers.

The number of “tone king” boutique amp ads is astounding. All of them touting 30 watt “super tone” and tweedy cabs. My
original Vox from 65 does just fine, and all the valves (tubes) are easily replaceable and the wiring tough as nails. Even the reverb spring.