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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.  
 

 

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Thanks for the note!

WT live recording (Dominique Fils-Aimé | Birds). Mics (Nikon D7100 w/ Shure ext. mics.): 8ft from speakers.

AJ live recording (Birds). Mics: 11ft from speakers

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vinylguy2016
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The only proper way to evaluate the sound quality of YT videos is to use a decent dedicated small desktop computer with a minimum of 8 GB of RAM - and connect it to your sound system through its high level input. Then simply view (and listen to) the videos with  a small video monitor thru the browser of your choice.

Better yet, download the audio portion of the posting, and play it through the outstanding, free  VLC media player - which is tweakable to vastly improve sound quality.

Finally, the built in DACs in Windows 10,11 do an excellent job of conversion - or, even install a quality sound card to further improve it.  I have built a comprehensive music library this way, without "breaking the bank".

Cheers, enjoy, and have some fun with this!

 

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cleeds
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vinylguy2016

The only proper way to evaluate the sound quality of YT videos is to use a decent dedicated small desktop computer with a minimum of 8 GB of RAM - and connect it to your sound system through its high level input.

Ugh. That must sound especially awful.

I use Roku and a SPDIF breakout box to send the YT digital straight to my Bryston BDA-3. It still sounds awful because it’s lossy compressed audio.

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femoore12
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For some of us, we live where there are no dealers nearby and YouTube is really helpful. 

mofojo
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Really helpful for what? Looking at speakers? Not evaluating their sound quality cause that’s just ridiculous. Think about it .

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