Relying on audio tapes in seeking knowledge instead of attending lessons

Question:
What is your opinion of the one who says that seeking knowledge through audio tapes is sufficient and dispenses with attending lessons? Because they transmit the same voice, and there is no difference between them. Is this statement correct?

Answer:
This is a deficiency, and he is not a seeker of knowledge. How? I do not know this. This is not seeking knowledge; this is not seeking knowledge. Perhaps he listens to tapes that contain errors and mistakes and he believes them to be correct. This is never acceptable. Relying on the book is not acceptable, nor is relying on the tape and limiting oneself to it. One must seek knowledge from the scholars. There is no harm in benefiting from the tapes and the books, but this must be alongside seeking knowledge from the scholars. This is necessary. Yes.
As for limiting oneself to these things, this is not seeking knowledge, and its danger is greater. How many have gone astray because of this method.
And how many have committed excess, and how much excess has occurred because of this method. How much ignorance and how many erroneous fatwas have occurred because of this method. O brothers, seeking knowledge is not easy, and knowledge is not acquired spontaneously. Knowledge requires time, and it requires patience, and it requires sitting with the people of knowledge and bearing the knowledge from its people. This is necessary. Yes.