Why on earth?
Answer me this: On You-Tube, there are endless of reviews, comparisons, and demos of equipment played in the creators room, recorded by a mic and published as if we could hear anything relevant considering we are listening to OUR stereo! Some of these have high play counts. Does anyone think they could hear differences in an amp or DAC picked up by some unknown mic, A2D, post processing and played back on their HT? Are we really that stupid?
@newbee +1 I generally listen for consensus. For instance, if several reviewers comment that a certain speaker is a difficult load, I tend to file it away. Regarding watching YouTube as time well spent, I occasionally read a debate thinly veiled as an audio discussion forum, so what do I know? Just kidding, hope everyone has a good evening! |
There used to be a poster here on agon that evaluated speakers by listening to YouTube videos. He would also recommend speakers he heard using YouTube to others, claiming they were very good. I have never heard a YouTube video that I would trust it’s sound quality to buy even a $1000 pair of speakers let alone others costing 6 digits. |
@tvrgeek Yeah, I've thought about that. The better question might be, "are they stupid?" LOL |
I think it can be a valuable tool in some minor respects. Ana(Dia)log does some A/B comparisons where you can hear the differences I demoed equipment. Obviously everything is filtered though a less than ideal chain, but it does give you a valid idea of the differences in reproduction.
I don’t purchase based solely on this, but it help cut through so much noise on otherwise undemoable equipment… |
