Great Interview-

The point Bonamassa and Beato are making is that if you listen to recordings on an audio set-up that costs more than the equipment used to record them, you are going to hear stuff that the musicians and recording engineers did not intend to be heard.

They are actually acknowledging the superiority of expensive audio gear.

Beato listens on studio monitors--and good ones, I imagine.

People seem to be misinterpreting what was said on the video.

Or am I missing something?

I agree with boomerbillone and bolong. As a musician, most bandmembers aren't interested in high end systems. They are usually busy and writing or learning songs, and rehearsing. They are content listening to songs on anything they have. the sound of the equipment doesn't matter. If you went to a class and the teacher was talking to you, would you feel disappointed they weren't speaking to you through a high end PA system?

I am an audiophile because my father was into high end audio and that started me.

Rick does great interviews...another good job,Rick.

If you have been watching Beato lately, he is on a rant about musicians not being paid enough because of streaming fiscal policies and the slow-mo death of the live performance. It would suit his and Bonamassa's angst to berate anything that wasn't "live" and that focused instead on appreciating music from the privacy of your own home.