What are some good things to do when going to an audition

Record (audio only or video) your audio sound with your smart phone. And record the auditioned audio sound with the same phone. Compare 2 recorded sounds few times.

Human ears are always biased. The mic in smart phone is not. Human ears and brain will figure out the audio sound from different room acoustics. Alex/wavetouch

cleeds

There’s not much point to an in-person audition if you’re basing your decision on the audio from a smart phone. For that matter, why bother with high end audio at all if you’ll just be listening on your phone to things like YouTube?

1) Use a video cam if OP likes.

2) Use a headphone to hear cell phone (CP) recording.

2) Many hi-end audio videos in YT recorded by CP sound great. Use an external mic if avail.

3) Almost every sounds have a signature. ex.)One can id when he hears voice of their family even if the recording is bad. People know the sound of their audio system to compare sounds of others.

4) Many people (not everyone) can still understand which sound is better through inferior CP speakers. ex. 1) the world greatest audio system video vs. regular sound system video." ex. 2) "the world greatest audio system video vs. the original music."

What has OP got to lose anyway? The recordings could be a good reference.

Alex/Wavetouch

pesky_wabbit

Record the demo on your phone so you can play it back at home to hear what it would sound like..

 + 1.   Use a better video cam (and an external mic) if avail.

Alex/wavetouch