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So many YouTube clips to evaluate sound quality. Why???

There are several audio gear Youtubers chronically playing clips displaying speakers and amplifiers and even cables to have YouTube listeners evaluate sound quality.  And then they go to shows and display music clips from the very small Hotel rooms.  And yes I watch a few and some can be interesting. It's gotta be tough for these manufactures to go to these hotels all the time and deal with all the people. Basically, it's a mixture of all kinds of higher end components and somehow it's possible to appreciate what individual components sound like. $200,000 speakers surrounded by lots of other high-priced gear. How does one charge anything?

Are they trying to fool people with sound comparison music clips? What is the point and why are they wasting their time?  Maybe headphones might detect something.  I fail to appreciate why these individuals do this, and why do they dedicate so much time to this.  Are they being paid to promote speakers and amplifiers?  And then reading the comments where all these people seem to really believe they hear differences.

Time might be better spent explaining technical merits of the gear and opinions on how it sounds. And why their recommended gear is so expensive.  
 

 

emergingsoul
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kingsleuy
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Insane as recording a video of their systems and tweeks are, YouTube are Paying Them for their content uploads.  And you know what?  We have Watched them.  Youtube not paying us.  Not me anyway.

As for Shows and Salon auditions.  Had gotten to know and in most cases hear Just the system in any environment.  And have come pretty close to what they sound like in my home.  But that took years of brick and mortar visits.  10s of thousands dollars spent.to gain that.  So yes, show exhibitions Are very valuable to me.

And

Audiophiles Are F'ing Nuts.

mofojo
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I’m surprised at the amount of people defending YouTube videos for evaluating speakers. Maybe good for looking at them but the listening part is a fools errand! Ohh and you can’t play music anyone has ever heard or a very small amount of it cause it’s copyrighted. I think? 
 

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clearthinker
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God knows.

If they like the YourTube sound they should listen only on that, sell their system, bank the bread and buy a nicer car.

No brainer for a no brain.

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mbmi
572 posts
 

You Tube is Fun. You get to see and hear gear that you normally would never even know existed. I don't understand all the complainers. If you don't like YT....don't use it....

cd318
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@mbmi 

Great point.

Fun is usually what initially gets us into this hobby.

Those early years of discovery were certainly exciting for me. It was only much later that a certain amount of world weary cynicism began to creep in.

At the start of it all, it felt like being a kid in a giant toy shop.

 

I think the OP was questioning the validity of online listening tests via YouTube but that's not the main point of it anyway.

As we always like to say, there's no real substitute for listening in person - YouTube is for fun.

Everyone happy now?

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