Why on earth?

OP  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! Are we really that stupid? 

We listen the radio for the music, information, and to kill the time in the car and truck every day. Does that make us stupid?

You shouldn't confident too much for the sound of your hi-fi system. Why most women don't like to listen an expensive hi-fi audio? I believe non-audiophiles (wives) prefer the original music (w/ $30 computer speakers) than the sound of < $100K hi-fi system. Unless one has a true natural sound audio system like mine, I wouldn't insult Youtubers.  Alex/Wavetouch

@ticat 

Wow... why does Everything need to be about Absolutism? So... the YouTube audio of a Demo'd item is not the Be All and End All. I am convinced most people who are Audiogon participants are aware of the technical limitations on display there. Is it So totally egregious as to be important enough to publicly denounce the attempt to demonstate a product/system (to total strangers) and go on and on about it? Is not a Taste better than a Whiff?

I'd expect the Absolute Truth attitude from the patrons of a (Psuedo) Scientific Site or somewhere that everything gets reduced to Numbers, Ones and Zeros, graphs and measurements...Hmmmm 

No disrespect intended, but I don't understand your point or who/what it is directed to/at.

I agreed with your post...

and at the same time am surprised by the enthusiasm and righteousness of the "it's on YouTube so is sucks by Definition" crowd

If you have ever heard the careful tube rolling comparisons by Tyco Dogg on YouTube,, I think you might change your tune that one can’t hear meaningful differences on YouTube. You can. And the format may be lossy, but it’s not terrible, especially if you have listened to JRAD concerts and the like.

 I have used Tyco Doggs work to help select 6SN7 tubes for my three preamps. I became familiar with the 5692 and VT231 tubes through his work and understood how much better they sound than most new production tubes.

@ticat got it, thanks. 

I think there is lots of useful/interesting content on YouTube, but social media in general, so-called influencers, Tik-Tok videos etc. are contributing to the decline of society - and it starts early - an iPad is now the babysitter.

And way too much screen time + not spending enough time outside in the sun is contributing to the significant increase in Myopia...

Thread hijacked (sorry) rant over.