You tube hifi influencers. Love them or hate them?

I don't hate or love any of them. If they're talking about something of interest to me, I'll generally watch, and if not, I generally don't. Same with vinyl community or any other channels.

And I don't 'trust' any of them more or less than I would somebody commenting on a forum; it's not like people on forums never have agendas. 

Steve Guttenberg is the Larry David of audio. All others I hate. 

The problem I have with Steve Guttenberg is he has said he will never give a bad review. I do have some problems with that. Also, many reviewers (Possibly Steve) are pay to play reviewers and I definitely have a problem with that. Some reviewers claim the product they reviewed is the BEST EVER and then a week later review something else and make the same statement about that product. I do watch the reviews just to get a general idea about the product but go to AXPONA every year to listen and see the products myself. 

@mesonto 

"The only one I remotely trust is Tarun, A British Audiophile"

I agree. He is one of the few I like and trust enough to watch.

I honestly dislike YouTube content for many of the reasons stated in this thread. YouTube's content creator model is designed around attention. The more attention something gets, the more the influencer is paid. As such all content needs to be tailored about retaining attention vs straight out providing education and value.

I've found value in any part of the audio system is a personal thing. I enjoy providing value to those who seek it, rather than to broadcast something in a shiny way and try to influence people on it. I do review products I deal for periodically, but only when it truly knocks my socks off. When I do review products, I make this content in the format of exhaustive written reviews rather than through videos. I don't get paid for my reviews, nor do I get money for the amount of traffic or views it drives. I just want to express my experiences with the gear and hope it helps someone out. But hey, I've only written two reviews, and in most cases, I prefer to just add value by providing guidance in these forums.