Great Interview-

@8th-note  The Grateful Dead have used McIntosh gear for amplification for a long, long time. I believe Bob Weir has all McIntosh gear at home, too.

Years ago we saw Bonamassa in NYC several times, but surprisingly the sound at his concerts was was at best, fair.  So I bought several of his CDs to play on my rig hoping for better.  Didn't happen.  The sound Bonamassa's CDs is so bad, I literally started a thread here on A'Gon asking if it was my imagination.   It wasn't, as several critical listeners chimed in that his CDs are unlistenable crap.   So, not surprised the guy (whose ego there is not room for on this earth) doesn't understand high end audio.  

The point Bonamassa and Beato are making is that if you listen to recordings on an audio set-up that costs more than the equipment used to record them, you are going to hear stuff that the musicians and recording engineers did not intend to be heard.

They are actually acknowledging the superiority of expensive audio gear.

Beato listens on studio monitors--and good ones, I imagine.

People seem to be misinterpreting what was said on the video.

Or am I missing something?

I agree with boomerbillone and bolong. As a musician, most bandmembers aren't interested in high end systems. They are usually busy and writing or learning songs, and rehearsing. They are content listening to songs on anything they have. the sound of the equipment doesn't matter. If you went to a class and the teacher was talking to you, would you feel disappointed they weren't speaking to you through a high end PA system?

I am an audiophile because my father was into high end audio and that started me.