Thoughts about the "Cheapaudioman" on YouTube

Although it's kinda silly that he is not allowed to pronounce the name 'Schitt' as it should be. 
 

He is allowed to…but he is worried that the video will be de-monetized. He did the weird mispronunciation in front of Jason Stoddard on a live stream and Jason looked at him like he was crazy. He said, “you can say it it’s our name.”

Anyway, Randy has become a panhandler of sorts. Always asking people to donate money to him. I think technically he is not a reviewer, but an affiliate marketer. Anyway, I enjoyed him as a hobbyist before he sold out. 

His review of the sony ss-cs5 speakers was spot on.

I bought those and very quickly returned. They were very bright and thin…brittle sounding. They sounded to me like a cheap speaker with two tweeters. I paid $88 but felt they were worth $50 as they weren’t nearly as good as my sons Dayton Audio speakers.

but i like his channel. i’d drink a beer with him

This I believe is his genius/gift. He has the rare ability to convince people that he is their good friend/drinking buddy. His new wrist watch channel will be popular for the same reason.

Personality he is 10/10. 

Skill as an audio reviewer 3/10 

IMO calling him a sellout is completely unfair.
 

I mean he completely changed. What he used to make fun of he has become. Him refusing to pronounce Schiit out of fear of losing a few bucks is too cringey for me.

If he would have started his channel with his current sentiments of monetizing everything and begging for donations, I would not have called him a sellout. 

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 does seem to push a lot of Emotive,

He is getting a 1099 from Emotiva for 2022 so it's kind of his job to promote them. I think he sincerely likes their products as well, but obviously his channel pushes a few brands very hard. Same with Gishelli Labs.

He's getting on well with Schiit as well, I know Schiit is sending Darko a nice 1099 for last year. Those factory tour videos are paid for.