Just some general remark about reviewers: Almost all of them compare product A to something in the same price bracket. Often there is some chifi product that blows away expensive western products by a country mile while being 70% cheaper. They never have the balls to mention that fact. This is so retarded and it make me rage hard like Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
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Burson, Maggies, Arc, Hegel are all brands i can think of that compete or outperform their chifi counterparts.
Schiit and audeze are in the game as well along with focal and abyss.
I’m not anti chifi but it has a place. Currently looking real hard at the cayin ha300 Mk2 vs the feliks envy
Don’t think Ampify Audio Show has been mentioned before:
Seems to be very much into summit fi but has a smattering of more affordable gear reviews, as well. I’m finding he does a very competent, nuanced job.
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A big difference!
I consider myself an independent reviewer since I have no platform (website, social media, YT channel, etc.) and have no financial benefit from writing my articles. However, I do receive “review samples” from the manufacturer, and I usually write a clear disclaimer stating that.
I personally have nothing against paid reviews, as long as it is mentioned somewhere. It’s like having an online salesman.
What I hate is when someone is sponsored and isn’t stating that! It’s also very annoying when big youtubers are receiving samples of more expensive products and they don’t mention it.
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Sandu bringing the heat on this one
For me it is indeed questionable whether this guy ever had one of these headphones on his ears 
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OMG this guy, if he’d played it right he could ride the comedy train like a boss. But now it’s just embarrassing.
I literally cannot tell if this is just a troll account or not. I’m going to assume it is.
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I like iiWi Reviews
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He admits to not having even heard Timeless and a couple others. So why rank them? 
It’s a parody account, don’t worry.
See the video about hearing the headphones through the squiggly lines.
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I saw the video, but I am still not sure if it is actually parody or if he is just really that full of himself.
If it is parody, then it’s badly done. Even if he is not serious… what is the point of his videos? Just shitting on headphones without having heared any of them isn’t funny!? Most of his videos are “see that spike in the graph… i literally have to vomit, because it sounds so bad… of course i haven’t heared it, but i can imagine that it will sound bad, because I am so great”
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“So tell me, since it makes no factual difference to you and you can’t prove the question either way, which story do you prefer? Which is the better story, the story with animals or the story without animals?”
“That’s an interesting question. The story with animals. Yes, the story with animals is the better story.”
“Thank you. And so it goes with this YT channel.”
No clue what you are trying to say…
Any headphone reviewer who takes shots at fellow reviewers is only hiding his or her lack of ability to properly analyze sound.
We call it “short dick syndrome” around here. 
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YouTube headphone reviewers I trust:
Resolve (headphones.com, The Headphone Show. The true spiritual successor to the retired Tyll Hertsens)
DMS
Joshua Valour
The Audiophiliac (Steve Guttenberg, ex-CNET)
The Honest Audiophile
Gavin’s Gadgets (straight shooter from the UK)
BadSeedTech (doesn’t pretend to know everything)
crinacle (the IEM master)
Super* Review (another IEM ace)
Wheezy Tech
Passion for Sound (excellent reviewer from Australia)
oluv’s gadgets (I know Oluv polarizes people, but I dig his no-BS, Austrian approach)
I’m not big on guys with a “schtick” like Z, Cheapaudioman or HomeStudioBasics. They know their stuff, but both try to attract as much attention to themselves as the products they’re reviewing. A good way to build a brand, but I’d rather listen to cats who focus on the product.
I love the quality of Darko’s videos. Superb production value. But the dude often reviews gear and systems that cost the equal to GDP of small European nations, so it doesn’t hold as much interest to me.
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I dont think Zeos is putting on an act the guy twitch streams twice a week sometimes for 6hrs straight. What you see is what you get hes just a natural character.
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I think what he meant was that Zeos IS a character himself and you may watch his video for more than just the audio review.
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