Just Stop! - Posting Audio Clips on YouTube

While I'm not going to hear what it actually sounds like, I think it can be useful for comparison purposes. If component A sounds clearer on YT than component B, I'd say there's a good chance it would in 'real life', too. 

@bimmerlover please let me know what you think of the sound of the audio recordings from this gentleman, who uses the most sophisticated and high-end professional studio equipment to records his and others home audio systems:

Believe in High Fidelity

Do you find the sound of his audio recordings more convincing? More accurate? To be of greater value?

@carlos269 probably, but it's impossible to know since I was not there to listen to it in person and thus am not able to compare. I am sure that he gets a whole lot closer to what it actually sounds like than 99% of self-recordings of systems.

Thus, the main issue is that only very few people, at best, use "the most sophisticated and high-end professional studio equipment" to record their systems. It's just the nature of the beast and, in my opinion, not worth arguing about.

@bimmerlover where you there for any of the commercially released recordings that you listen to on your home system? If you, like the rest of us, were not at the recording session then you rely on exactly what to confirm and validate that your system is rendering the audio recording accurately and conveying the information that was captured during the recording sessions?

bimmerlover    I have tried to record my listening lounge’s system using an iPhone 16 but with a quality external mic, and the resulting sound quality is nowhere near what I experience in person.

I’m sure that your Iphone (w/ ext mic) recorded almost every sounds from lounge’s system, except very low and high freq (which are not important). However, the playback is in different sound due to different playback speakers. 

You recorded the lounge system. Now record your main system with the same music and Iphone/mic. And listen to Iphone’s records of lounge system’s and main systems. You’ll hear how the lounge system sounds in your Iphone. You’ll ID the main system sound when you hear it.

Almost all mics sound similar. YT videos sound similar too. I know your system and most YT videos sound poor. However, those are the true sound. I’ve been audio shows >20 times and heard all of exhibited systems. Many exhibited systems are in YT too. The YT videos sound exactly same sound impressions from shows.

iPhone does not capture the richness of the sound that my ears hear.

The live recording of yours and almost show systems sound poor. Sadly, that is the true sound. The richness of system sound is mostly the trick from ears and brain of a’philes. Non-a’philes hear like mic and they don’t understand what a’philes claim of the good system sound. That’s why almost a’philes listen alone. 

I was a core a’phile for >3 decades hearing like you. Now I hear like a non-a’phile since my system sounds natural sound since 2 years ago. I couldn’t hear any YT videos (poor sound hurts my ears/headache/body aches) other than my system videos. Happily, now I can hear excellent Carlos and Toddalin’s systems’ videos. 

I can alternate to be a’phile or non-a’phile. I choose to be in the non-a’phile ears because 1) my audio system is a natural sound system, 2) a’phile life is pain (brain fog, severe Tinnitus, dilate eyes, more body aches, never satisfied with music, requires lot more money, etc.).  Alex/Wavetouch audio