You tube hifi influencers. Love them or hate them?

I take any review with a grain of salt.  Some reviews are dead on,  I didn't buy my DAC based on reviews but it was nice to see it get some praise by several reviewers 

Hopefully if something is a real turd you'll read about it but as many have said You Tube is all about clicks and hits.    

I give more credibility to forum posts when it comes to perceived quality and reliability.... unfortunately sound quality is a matter of personal taste so I let my ears have the final say.

Steve Guttenberg's only flaw is that he is super passionate about, and loves all things audio.   I was in the biz at a trade show years back and afterwards ended up having dinner with Steve and Mike Fremer among others.  Steve was a super nice guy and it was obvious he's a sucker for anything that makes music.  

Steve Huff.   He falls in love with stuff too...   so do I, it happens 

To be an influencer means you care about influencing. Not my style, so I pass.

EZ. Just dont turn on Youtube.  Listen to music.; it sounds better.  I do read specific reviews, but always with a shaker of salt.

Opinions are like AH's, everybody has got one.

I like some of them: OCD Mikey for example strikes me as honest- I states "I'm a dealer I want to sell you what I like" 

The Chinese Dude- Thomas & Stereo does a pretty good job unless he's pitching some ChiFi stuff. Way back when I bought a Suncoz introductory priced DAC based on his recommendation and hated it. He is honest about his amp- Galleon. He openly states he wants you to buy it because he makes it. That's pretty honest in my book. 

Paul McGowan's PS Audio daily vids are good. He is honest about his intentions to sell you his gear. Again- to me that's solid. 

Shameless plug for my local dealer who I have really grown to love- he doesn't post youtube vids and I'm after him to do so. He's brutally honest and has guided me to lower priced items that turned out to be well-bought. He can't discount some stuff like his Magnepan, Audio Research and Sonus Faber lines but one time he bought the pen in my pocked for $12,000 cash right after I bought a set of Audio Research Reference 160m Mk2 amps. Apparently he really liked Bank Of America blue plastic pens!  audioexcellence.us in Murrells Inlet SC. Eric is the owner. help him out if you can. High-end 2 channel dealers are dying off rapidly. Plus he pours Woodford in his listening room. :)