Who writes this stuff???

[skibjr]

I usually don't read the stock, "canned" verbiage optionally provided by eBay in the "Detailed Item Info" section, but this description of a currently available Marantz 2238B caught my eye:

"Catering to all sound enthusiasts, the Marantz 2238B receiver offers an all round audio-visual experience. With a power bandwidth of 20Hz - 20kHz, it plays a wide range of frequencies. This Marantz receiver ensures precise reproduction of audio signal with a damping factor of 55dB. Having a hormonal distortion 0.08% at the rate of 8 ohms, this home audio receiver plays clear music even at a high voltage. The input impedance of 33k in this Marantz receiver prevents electrification or current overload damage. You can also tune into FM and AM with this home audio receiver which provides clear signal reception having a signal to noise ratio of 73dB mono and 50db. The Marantz 2238B, with a power output of 48RMS, plays loud audio."

This is wrong in so many ways, it's actually funny. I was particularly amused by the "hormonal distortion" spec....

 

[Jeffery]

Baffle 'em with BS?

 

[Ardvaark]

I usually don't read the stock, "canned" verbiage optionally provided by eBay in the "Detailed Item Info" section, but this description of a currently available Marantz 2238B caught my eye:

"Catering to all sound enthusiasts, the Marantz 2238B receiver offers an all round audio-visual experience. With a power bandwidth of 20Hz - 20kHz, it plays a wide range of frequencies. This Marantz receiver ensures precise reproduction of audio signal with a damping factor of 55dB. Having a hormonal distortion 0.08% at the rate of 8 ohms, this home audio receiver plays clear music even at a high voltage. The input impedance of 33k in this Marantz receiver prevents electrification or current overload damage. You can also tune into FM and AM with this home audio receiver which provides clear signal reception having a signal to noise ratio of 73dB mono and 50db. The Marantz 2238B, with a power output of 48RMS, plays loud audio."

This is wrong in so many ways, it's actually funny. I was particularly amused by the "hormonal distortion" spec....

Thank you! I busted a gut on that one!! I think you should email him back and tell him its actually "hormonal imbalance". lol He'd probably do it too!!!

 

[skibjr]

I think you should email him back and tell him its actually "hormonal imbalance". lol He'd probably do it too!!!

Well, that's part of what's so funny. I don't think the seller actually wrote this - he searched for "Marantz 2238B" when he created his listing, and eBay supplied this description! Sure enough, I took another look and found this verbiage used in several 2238B auctions.

 

[bktheking]

Bullshit baffles brains, BBB, we used to tell people as a joke their computer wasn't working that particular day because of quasars or solar flares.


Where's the visual experience with a 2238B, did he install a scope? Clear music at high voltage is another good one, so if I hook it up to 600volts it will be ultra clean?

What a clown.

 

[ckastner78]

Sounds like a cut and paste. If it was sold using ebay's library of (garbage) information on products, which they pretty strongly insist you use if it's in their library, then it was written (or copied) by ebay, not the seller.

If it's in the actual seller's description, then, well, god help him.

 

[petehall347]

that's so funny ...a clever writer no doubt he was rolling about when he edited the copy paste .. maybe he first read the copy-write and thought he better alter it a bit ?

 

[noise gate]

I had "Hormonal Distorton" when I was in my late teens,, it's no laughing matter

 

[ictwoody]

My old boss use to say "Remember the three-C's -- Corner 'em, Confuse 'em, Close the deal."

I think that copy will confuse them enough... Funny stuff.

- Woody