Any Advice for those Listening to Youtube Reviewers?

Well for starters YouTube reviews are more about the reviewer then the equipment as always, but that’s Entertainment so it shouldn’t surprise you and hopefully not bother you. As for the equipment they choose to review, and the overwhelming positive opinions they have on products, yes they do slant mostly positive and keep them in good graces with manufacturers and garner views. Again it’s no mystery.

But yeah room treatments is a big deal, I feel that if you don’t have a treated room then it kind of defeats the purpose of what you’re doing. But then again maybe some people want the more everyday man YouTube reviewer to give them product suggestions. And again there’s reviewers who do just that.

I enjoy YouTube reviewers rather then other junk I could be watching.

Entertainment 

Some youtubers do give useful technical information. You just need to listen to them selectively. Audiophiles are not blind. If the youtuber raves something that is not really up to expectation and misleads people to make wrong buying decision, the user feedback will show. I always take their reviews with a grain of salt, cross check them with others and couple with the demo listening (good quality one) to verify their statement. So far, I have been lucky. Except two entry-level DACs that I need to resell to upgrade to higher end products, all the purchases based on the on-line reviews and Stereophile are pretty satisfactory.  Trust me, their reviews / recommendations, if quality ones, are much more informative and reliable than a few sentences' write-up from forumers.

I agree. Be careful of ulterior motives as well. This is really not something to put much stock in, do other research.

It seems most people will never get that audio is not about the gear pieces but about how to learn to listen...

Yes must learn to listen not only to sounds which is acoustic basics but also to music,classical,jazz,world; and no, our "tastes" must be educated by ourself not by reviewers...

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