Totally Ridiculous....Auditions on YouTube!

Yup.  Totally ridiculous.

But many of these guys have already said they can hear stuff that doesn't exist.

"In such cases you might want to run down to your local dealer and check it out for real."  @jakleiss You're the cognitive psychologist, but don't you think you have the same problem?  Are the differences we perceived actual differences?

+1 @ronboco 

Agree completely.

I would say (and do believe) that DIFFERENCES can be heard, but to ascribe a value to those said differences is sheer folly.

Happy New Year to whole the damn gang!

Regards,

barts  

@barts 

Happy new year to you and yours too! 
 

@rbertalotto 

Its not about bit rate… its about the recording microphone being used and the playback equipment on the other end. No way on Gods green earth can anyone accertain anything from these videos.

It seems you are moving the goal post. You started with complaining about Youtube but now you claim it is the bad recordings. That can happen with loss less formats too. And some Youtube videos have excellent recordings.

It seems you are moving the goal post. You started with complaining about Youtube but now you claim it is the bad recordings. That can happen with loss less formats too. And some Youtube videos have excellent recordings.

And these YouTube reviews are not "recorded"....When the reviewer is playing a Beatles cut, I doubt it is live!......:-)