I was surprised no one had. You do good work.
Speaking of Topping amps though, I really need to do my due diligence and get one of those to figure out what my thoughts on them are.
I certainly understand the curiosity about anything audio. The A30Pro would be a good bet to check out because it’s probably the best price/performance spot in Topping’s amp lineup right now and still new enough you could probably flip it relatively quickly and not lose much $$$ in the process.
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Disclaimer: this is a general reply to most post about me on this thread and not solely replying to your post.
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Good IEMs stay good and are usually good for multiple use cases.
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I always recommend what i personally enjoy. So repeating IEMs in list should not be a suprise. It’s more concerning if I keep recommending all different IEMs all the time. I stick to what I love, and I don’t love that many of them. In fact, I’m already black listed by a couple of brands (brands thats sold in all stores indescriminately) because I gave them unfavorable reviews. So yes, you will see repeats, because I’m consistent in recommending what I truly love and not just random IEMs just for variety sake.
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I did not come up with these topics. All were heavily asked in the comments over months by many viewers.
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I link affiliate links because I’m personally not against them at all. Anyone want to argue this can message me on discord, I’m happy to discuss in great details.
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This is something only a long term youtuber would understand, but you simply cannot scale your audience long term if you keep recommending bad items. Viewers buy what the reviewer suggest, and if i keep suggesting bad products I’d greatly decrease my rate of growth as people would quickly realize either I have very bad taste or I’m a mega shill. And if I consistently do that I risk permanent stagnation as my subscriber number grow but average views per video don’t improve. As a YouTuber with more than 5 channels to my name, I’m well aware of this and is very selective in what I recommend. Both to make sure viewers continue to trust and watch long term, but also happy with the money they spent thus building a postive feeling for the channel and for myself.
Lastly, this is a super subjective hobby as much as people like to try to make it as scientific as possible. I feel like I shouldn’t need to bring this up but just the fact that there are still people here who would bully others because they don’t like the same IEMs shows that many still don’t understand the subjectivity of this hobby. I like what I like, I’m consistent with what I like and my taste, and I recommend those that I like often. If that bugs people then please remind yourself next time you recommend IEMs to others to always recommend a different one. It’s silly when I put it that way right because it is that. Silly. Silly that recommending the same thing over and over is considered shilling, when in reality it should be the opposite.
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excellent response to grown adults who can simply chose to not watch your content.
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Please explain why in three videos you mentioned Tripowin Mele but failed to link the Linsoul purchase page in the description instead just its graph from Crinacle’s database. All the other products you mentioned are linked to the purchase page.
Example:
This is the shortened link you provided:
Mele- https://bit.ly/3rTpi5T
Every other product mentioned is linked to Hifigo’s product page while Mele gets discussed big time in this vid but you just link graph. Explain how this is not partial and how you’re not specifically sponsored by Hifigo.
Example 2:
Again, Mele mentioned, but you linked every other set to Hifigo and gave no affiliated links for Mele:
If you can’t explain this partiality, there’s no need to make an account here to respond to my comments and play neutral.
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First, let’s get one understanding clear. I, as a reviewer and customer, I am not obligated to link anything at all. I can link or not link whichever store or pages I want for whatever reason.
Now having said that the explanation is simple, I don’t have affiliate links related to Mele. If you see my videos I mainly only link affiliates which has some benefit towards sustaining the channel. I’m not obligated to promote any store for zero benefits, and as no Mele related links give me anything, I don’t link it. Though, it’s not a big deal as a quick google search of the Mele will find it for most viewers. And I’ve had a total of 0 complaints about missing links as most don’t care and honestly most would prefer reviewers not to have links.
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So, the fact that you “so kindly” decided to link everything with Hifigo, which you profit off of, and nothing from Linsoul already suggests that you gain benefits from Hifigo. Yet you rarely, if not never, put this disclaimer in your vids or say it.
Crin does.
Zeos does.
Joshua Valour does.
BGGAR does.
Most reviewers do.
Why don’t you?
I’ll just leave it here.
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Affilate link disclaimers are in the description of all videos on the channel. And by your logic, I should be adding more affilate links to other stores to balance things out? From a business stand point, it’s more effective to go with a program that works the most and that just so happens to be my current choice. Also, anyone can sign up for that reviewer or not. Other stores don’t have that option and are by invitation only. Which I have not gotten any invites.
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Well, it is a business front. Some people just like to do that, and I think it’s alright. The thing with people like that, if you are not naive and can see through someone’s mask, you will recognize that and will simply not rely on such channels.
He clearly values his time in such a way that he doesn’t feel obliged to link anything that doesn’t bring him benefits — I guess this is alright, I’m personally not against it.
I mean it doesn’t take a big brain to notice what he is dong. It’s a commercialized approach and that can even be noticed by his titles. Some people just don’t think they should be bringing a company any sales if that company is not benefiting them in any way, that’s a choice.
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Yep I have a couple or so reviewers I trust for their ears, music and ethics…the rest?..well that’s your call now ain’t it 
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Exactly. As someone who has done thorough research before any purchase, I personally cannot understand the people who fall for it. Do their just empathize/sympathize with these personas (reviewers) or what?
There are barely any reviewers out there that actually explain what they are saying. But then, I also understand that, because if you are aiming at a larger audience, who is going to sit there and listen to you explain what music you listened to in order to judge the headphones/product’s sound signature.
Thorough and “objective” content is rare nowadays, while brief and vague content is everywhere. You rarely see anyone backing up what they say nowadays.
I’ll say that sticking to written articles helps that, because you know that your target audience is someone who is genuinely interested about that particular product. E.g. when I write and publish a review, I know that the person reading it is doing their own research and they are not just passing time by watching a vid on YT.
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I understand the brief and vague irritations, but turning to reviews for “objective” content is confusing to me, because imo the whole reason you would turn towards reviews in audio is for someone’s opinion and experience on a piece, which is by nature, subjective. If you were to release something somehow purely objective, could it be considered a review or would it just be an overview of something without any commentary (which I’d personally find largely unhelpful in the end)?
While I personally prefer written content as well, I think it’s really not fair to say that people on YT aren’t genuinely interested and trying to do proper research. YT is one of the (if not the) largest video sharing platform, widely used by most people online, and I would say it’s unreasonable to assume the mass majority of users don’t have a genuine interest in the content on there. Honestly plenty of people read written content for purely casual entertainment as well outside of serious research, regardless of the format of content, there will be those that use it for serious research and those that use it for casual enjoyment, I honestly think it depends more on the demographic of people consuming the media rather than the platform it’s on. The main audience of YT is younger rather than older, and younger people are more likely to watch this sort of stuff for entertainment rather than serious research imo. Either form of content will have their dedicated serious audience and their more causal one, YT is just more accessible and videos seem to be more popular over written media at this point, so they’ve just garnered a larger audience overall. You likely will get a larger audience of casual viewers on YT than written typically, but I think that’s just down to the larger popularity of the platform rather than the lack of more serious viewers, I’d bet the amount of more dedicated fans would end up being similar for a yt vs written publication, but yt would just have a larger amount of casual
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I can’t speak for other reviewers but I have found that many people just skip through videos to get to the verdict.
The amount of questions I get like “which is best A or B” when I have already reviewed them both or even compared them in the video is amazing.
I feel that many people just want someone to say “buy this” and that’s it. That’s why rating systems (which I hate by the way) are so popular. They just look at the list and buy the one that is highest on it that they can afford.
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I do so I can listen to music as well…win, win 
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It’s sadly really effective lol, why do any research if I can just look at a list and choose without thinking? (at least I just assume this is what is going on in some people’s heads at times lol). Even if you try and give actual info/attach context and stuff, some will still just ignore it
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mute the video, turn on subtitles. 
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But why would I want to watch a video then 
To see the shell…I guess…
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Agreed. What I meant (failed to express) is that I am referring to the lack of backing up of that subjectivity. Lows, mids, highs, what tracks did you listen to, where did you hear the qualities that you are talking about. How do we, the audience, know that you know what you are talking about? The most subjective things that can’t be measured, like separation, imaging, and soundstage, I have a big problem when people aren’t using musical references to back up their opinion. What can also be done is comparison to a physical quality, such as distance between the ear-cup and the “end” of that soundstage that you are hearing.
Agreed. Video content is the most consumed content in the world, so it’s a very efficient way to get big and make a living.
Written is kind of old school, and I think it requires much more skill in order to be executed correctly. Sure, videography and cinematography is far from easy, but how many reviewers do we have that are implementing this in their vids? Joshua Valour is the first one that comes up in my head, but besides him I get MKBHD and other huge YT reviewers (now, they are all companies with a team, rather than individuals).
I agree that both video and written content can be consumed for pure entertainment purposes. However, I think less people have the patience to read, especially when it comes to long and thorough review articles.
I know that I used to to this. When it comes to “mainstream” tech, I sometimes don’t have the patience to sit through a 15 minute video, so I just skip to the end to hear what that person thinks.
Also, something I forgot to express in my previous reply is that I think there are less serious critics on YT. When you think of creating a video, there are so many things going into it, that you don’t have much time left outside of it. From recording, to editing, from audio, to editing that same audio, coming up with titles, etc. It’s a big job.
If you are a YouTuber, you also have the pressure of upload consistency, so you just try to get a video done, rather than spending time to focus on the quality and the accuracy of what you are saying.