Thoughts about the "Cheapaudioman" on YouTube

He created a large enough YouTube following to allow him to quit his day job and play with audio equipment all day.  He is smarter than all of us. 

The problem is it’s obvious he started his channel prior to obtaining any relevant points of reference. His experience with even “mid-fi” gear was limited. He has since gained some experience with higher end components, but it’s too late to adopt new philosophies after amassing that many subscribers. He’s boxed in now, but I doubt he cares, his followers are netting him money. 

@seanheis1 nearly ALL YouTubers ask for money, so they can keep the lights on and buy stuff to review and then either sell at a loss or give away to patreons of their channel. Nothing wrong with it. Even Steve Guttenberg asks for people to become patreons so he can keep doing what he does.

And someone said, "However, if he thinks a $300 loudspeaker sounds better than a $5000 loudspeaker, he’s not facing reality." Uh, I don’t think he’s ever gone THAT far, but he did say he liked one of the Klipsch RP series towers that were much cheaper than the Klipsch Heresy’s at $3200. I think it was the RP-6000Fs.

Then again, a $300 speaker in a well-treated room and dialed in just right CAN sound "better" than a $5000 speaker in a crappy, hastily setup, echoey hotel room at an audio show, so he was probably telling the truth.

He considers the Sony sscs5 speakers reference grade and uses them to evaluate products like Denafrips Ares 2....while using test tracks from Metallica and Korn...it's quite a show. ;-) 

He created a large enough YouTube following to allow him to quit his day job and play with audio equipment all day.  He is smarter than all of us. 

+1. whatever you think of his opinions or the gear he focuses on, this is really cool