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What in the actual f***? It's clear as day that it's his five personal favorites. He says right at the beginning that these are going to be his favorites regardless of price, making clear it's a thought exercise or wish list, not a "recommended speakers" list. Throughout the video, he could not be clearer that these are the ones he personally prefers - he's very clear about the particular dispersion characteristics he prefers, and he's very clear about what he sees as the usable low frequency extension ability of each speaker, and in the case of the Lintons the one area of non-bass frequency response that he thinks is a little less than ideal.
He's done a ton of videos. This is just one. The fact that he's already reviewed these speakers is literally a nonsense objection since you can't share with people what your favorites are unless you've already reviewed them. And sharing your personal favorites - I'm sorry, but there's no rational argument against that kind of a video unless he's posting that kind of video over and over again every couple of months.
Of course he monetizes his videos - as @VintageFlanker says, the videos are free to the viewers; so unless he's truly independently wealthy, he has to monetize them. The title, tone, and content of this particular video are all so clearly and obviously different than clickbait audiophile videos, it's silly to even be discussing alleged conflicts of interest or ulterior motives in this situation.
As for the video itself, I found it really interesting, and I appreciated how he went through the dispersion characteristics, frequency response, and so on - it makes it a lot easier to compare than by tracking down and scrubbing through his prior video reviews of each of those speakers and manually trying to compare.
The only request I'd personally make to Erin, for maybe if he does this again next year, would be to split it into two videos, one for his top 3 or 5 actives and one for his top 3 or 5 passives. But that's just personal preference.
He's done a ton of videos. This is just one. The fact that he's already reviewed these speakers is literally a nonsense objection since you can't share with people what your favorites are unless you've already reviewed them. And sharing your personal favorites - I'm sorry, but there's no rational argument against that kind of a video unless he's posting that kind of video over and over again every couple of months.
Of course he monetizes his videos - as @VintageFlanker says, the videos are free to the viewers; so unless he's truly independently wealthy, he has to monetize them. The title, tone, and content of this particular video are all so clearly and obviously different than clickbait audiophile videos, it's silly to even be discussing alleged conflicts of interest or ulterior motives in this situation.
As for the video itself, I found it really interesting, and I appreciated how he went through the dispersion characteristics, frequency response, and so on - it makes it a lot easier to compare than by tracking down and scrubbing through his prior video reviews of each of those speakers and manually trying to compare.
The only request I'd personally make to Erin, for maybe if he does this again next year, would be to split it into two videos, one for his top 3 or 5 actives and one for his top 3 or 5 passives. But that's just personal preference.