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YouTube video music

Listen/watch music stream and now they go through my avr and then onto a smart tv. I listen to these vids in stereo mode, and they sound good.

I have a analogue stereo preamp.  Any creative way to have the music flow thru this preamp to tak advantage of preamp benefits, or is this strictly a digital signal, although it becomes analogue before it leaves avr to reach speakers. 
I have a standalone dac but no hdmi port. Only usb.

thanks
emergingsoul

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Are you streaming youtube from a device such as Roku or Amazon firestick? Like I said before, the youtube app on these really sucks and you get all the "lossy" type of audio and video from this. Computer web browser is superior, but if you're still getting "lossy" sound, then your computer audio system is not high enough level.
YT sounds at least a bit lossy to me no matter how I stream it. Are you claiming your Apple TV yields lossless and hi-res from YT? Do you pay a premium to subscribe to that?
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cleeds - if you scroll back and read carefully, you will see ... That comment was from emergingsoul.
Oops, you are correct! My mistake. Sorry! I’ve deleted the post, rather than create more confusion.
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... sound quality from youtube music vids is quite impressive when streamed thru Apple TV. Very comparable to streaming thru a nucleus using qobuz...
Really? I had no idea! Youtube has always sounded rather lossy to me. Does Apple TV somehow get a different stream than would otherwise be available?
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