I've weaned myself off the audio sites, maybe checking once a month. I consider them entertainment rather than sources of consumer education, and the ones I did trust (Floyd Toole, Alan Lofft, Ian G. Masters, Larry Klein, Peter Aczel) have all retired or died.
Good sound is available for a very low price point if you follow a few basic principles, but the audio hobby has convinced everyone that it takes thousands of dollars to get audio nirvana (or worse, that you'll never reach it until you make that next purchase, and the next purchase, and the next...).
