Totally Ridiculous....Auditions on YouTube!

Yes, we can easily decern over the internet, the cry of a lion to that of an elephant......But Higher End HiFi gear....PLEASE!!!

@rbertalotto

I have provided links to a graphic demonstration of (well-recorded) sound emanating from high-class, field-coil drivers. Feel free to provide a link to a video that demonstrates a speaker that employs a (typical) permanent magnet, and then tell me that you cannot discern a difference.

I do certainly agree that Youtube videos have serious limitations, but some useful information can be discerned from well-recorded videos.

I am a premium YouTube subscriber and I read above the bit rate increase this year?  Is this true? 

I have to admit lots of the YouTube Music videos and concert videos sound really good on a nice system.  I do question those crazy people doing poor quality videos of concerts and then posting them.  
 

YouTube audio sound comparisons between components is absolutely ridiculous and done rather poorly too.  I wish the upload or's would give their views but what they are listening to and that would be of interest rather than leaving it to the viewers.

If I download a video from YouTube versus streaming, is the download version of better quality?????

I just discovered I have 90 videos downloaded and no idea how this happened and now I gotta get rid of many of them. Download interface is horrifying

@carlsbad 

My apologies 😁

@emergingsoul 

From a quick Google search.

Bad recordings on YouTube are useless, but I listened to good recordings of equipment on YouTube and was able to pick out an integrated amp and speakers. I purchased them and am completely satisfied with them. You can hear the characteristics of well recorded equipment on YouTube. Of course, listening to the real equipment is far better, but there was no rush by auditioning this way. I was able to listen, as many times as I wanted to, over an extended period of time, and make comparisons. When I setup the equipment at home, it sounded the same, but on a much larger scale. What did I have to lose? If I wasn't happy, I could have returned what I bought. I have been listening to music since I was very young and playing instruments since I was 6 years old. My dad had a high-end system, and I have good speakers hooked up to my computer. You might think this is crazy, but it worked for me. Maybe there was a little luck involved too, ha-ha.