youtube vinyl rips

[bryblob]

I use youtube a lot for browsing and finding new music. There are some vids where they are playing vinyl, and most of them sound pretty good. I was just thinking about the process of doing that, seems like quality would be down quite a bit by the time it reaches the speakers. Maybe I'm not a discerning enough a listener to hear big differences..any thoughts on this?

 

[sKiZo]

Audio quality on a YouTube 720p MP4 is 192kps capable ... quite good, actually. Whole lot better than I normally listen to. That said, all depends on the original resolution of the rip and the expertise of whoever did the drop.

 

[Condorsat]

Same as it ever was ... that's always been the rub. Back in the day ... when I dubbed vinyl to cassette tape(I really disliked that format) ... my tapes sounded better than the prerecorded tapes I would buy.

If I dub vinyl to CDR's ... many of my CDR's sounded better than the CD's I would buy (loudness wars or the way they are mastered?). Makes you re-think everything you think you know about formats.

Vinyl rips sound really good on YouTube ... when a good rip is done.