For audio advice, which channels, if any, do you think are worthwhile on YouTube?


I've seen several posts by newbies on Agon looking for advice. Great to see a lot of good advice being offered to them, along with helpful prompts asking them for details they might not have considered.

Still, a lot of people looking for advice don't go to audio fora; they go to YouTube. I've now spent 8 months reading fora and watching YouTube channels pretty closely. My sense is that even many of the video commenters with thousands of subscribers on YouTube have significant gaps to their knowledge and experience. Some even accept sponsorship by companies. Such folks are not amateurs; but they're at best semi-professional. Still, their advice moves a lot of product, gets YouTube money, and the machine churns on.

I've learned a lot from YouTubers, but when I compare the average base of knowledge there to what I find in many folks here, it seems somewhat erratic and often thin. (I'm judging this from a semi-newbie status myself, so if I'm wrong please tell me.)

QUESTION: If you were recommending a YouTube or a video site to someone looking to educate themselves about the basics of audio gear and also various commercial products, where would you send someone?

hilde45

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@fuzztone 

totally agree fuzz

hans b on digital is superb... excellent content tremendous knowledge
very good:
british audiophile tarun
john darko - esp. with digital
audio excellence canada

ok:
thomas stereo - interesting perspectives, great at start, now falling into clickbait trap
zero fidelity - lower end stuff
next best thing - good ears, doesn’t speak well
guttenberg - sometimes - mr clickbait himself

hmmmm:
kevin deal upscale - knows a lot but in full on 'sell you this' mode
perfect pursuit uk - hard to watch
ps audio - paul means well but he is losing it... serious crazy rambling uncle syndrome

as usual, everything with a grain of salt