Darko Audio: Let's End the Cost Videos


Ok, I have complete respect for John Darko and the amount of work and professionalism he invests in his craft. But if I see another video or comment where he brings up "It's one's right to spend what one sees fit on gear, etc," I am going to scream. Yes, WE GET IT, John! No need to keep kicking this horse, which has been dead for literally 3 years.

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I gained respect for Darko when he started doing deep dives on acoustic treatments. That seemed a bit too tied in with a company for my liking, but he was at least getting into actual, critical details of what contributes to the character of audio gear.

Andrew Robinson is a whole another level of (worse) superficiality. His constant dialogue with his wife (who, no offense) rarely has anything informed to say. She represents the "average spouse" or "everyday person" who has "common sense" about what they’re hearing or seeing. But this just makes her opinion uselessly idiosyncratic for audiophile purposes (though perhaps not for relationship purposes). 

Robinson has also ridiculed paying attention to the parts inside products and also has paid virtually no attention to room acoustics. He seems to be hopelessly schizophrenic between appealing to subscribers to Interior Decorator magazine and audio fans.

(My guess is that he and his partner/wife look very closely at YouTube analytics to see what they should do more or less of. They’re out to get clicks (um, I mean $$) and so that’s their thing. Nothing inherently wrong with this as a business; the problem gets enjoined when they are taken as sources of knowledge about audio. Then, we have a kind of mis- or disinformation problem. And that’s raises the ethical antennae.)

Both of these guys are new to me. I watched a few videos from each and you can keep them both. 

I'd take A British Audiophile or Hans Beekhuyzen any day of the week, instead. I like Sean at Zero Fidelity, too. I used to like Jay of Jay's Iyagi but he's turned very much to clickbait titles and a bit of plumping for audio stuff that has turned me off.

You do realize Jay Iyagi is a kid, right? I doubt he had even turned 20 when he started his channel.

Um, I believe he's well into his 20's and is a graduate student at least after having spent years learning in  high end audio shop. So, that's not a "kid" in my book, in terms of chronological age, education, or experience in audio. So your point has gone missing for me...

22,941 views  Sep 12, 2020
Jay has left us to go back to University of Toronto to do his Masters in Engineering and Sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYTK0g7DS-E&t=428s&ab_channel=AudioExcellenceCanada

So... almost 5 years ago he went to graduate school. He was probably around 22 then. That would make him about 27-ish now (at least), with years of experience in high end sales and a masters degee in the field.

Let's just agree to disagree.  You call him a "kid" and I will call him a young professional.