How competitive are you with your system?

@cleeds For your reference, I have two high-end studio grade mastering systems here at home so I’m quite intimately familiar with what goes on during the mastering process and the loss in audio quality suffer through the YouTube process is not that detrimental when you start with a highly resolving system and make a good quality recording of its sound at the listener’s sitting position. 

Let’s put your theory to the test and tell us how the audio recording embedded in the video is different than what you hear in the room. Use it to illustrate, highlight, and point out the differences in sound quality that you proclaim.

@daveyf so what says you of systems that sound exceptional and great on audio recordings embedded in videos?

 Better systems inspire me to improve my own setup. 

Perfect example:

Sounds to me like someone wasted $340,000.

https://youtu.be/kVe9SEm69Fg

https://youtu.be/radHy4HhhNg

carlos269

... the loss in audio quality suffer through the YouTube process is not that detrimental ...

That’s a subjective assessment and of course you’re entitled to it. In fact, the design of lossy audio software - such as used by YouTube, Sirius/XM, and mp3 files - is specifically designed to minimize the apparent loss of audio quality and it is very, very effective. It that sense it’s rather amazing that those sources don’t sound worse! It’s fine that you rely on those sources for evaluation, but it’s silly to suggest that the loss of fidelity is insignificant. 

Let’s put your theory to the test ...

It's not a theory. YouTube uses lossy audio and for some listeners it is r-e-a-l-l-y obvious.