Totally Ridiculous....Auditions on YouTube!

Philosophical question: if a YT video plays two speakers, rotating between the two with the same system and room and recording, say for example a small book shelf speaker and a large floor stander, can you hear differences? If so, are they real?  Or Meaningful?

I also hear a lot of this criticism couched as ‘there’s no way people can hear a difference on YT videos over their crappy phone or computer speakers.’ Is this how everyone listens to YT videos or are there other options?  What if people aren’t using crappy phone or computer speakers but something like a $1500 Fiio Audiophile player and a $1000 pair of headphones. Can they hear a difference then?

I was going to ask the same thing. Even my mid-fi computer set up using Klipsch PM41s via USB from my iMAC can be very revealing provided the recording is of high enough quality.

On the better ones, it's' quite easy to hear differences. Consistently. Why do I get the impression there's a lot of really cheap "audiophiles" out there, pissed off at the world?

All the best,
Nonoise

It is as ridiculous as the LG, Samsung and other TV brands’ commercials that show you how great their new TV looks on your current TVs screen.  
 

Wow! That new 8k OLED technology looks really great on my 2019 4K QLED TV.  
 

Makes no sense.

If you can tell a bad singer from a good singer on the radio, you can differentiate between a bad-sounding speaker and a good-sounding speaker on your headphones. 

Wait, what, you can’t hear the differences between great systems at 128 kbs MP3’s through your 1/4” cellphone speakers?? 😉😉😉