[mikkelmmk93]

Hi Fellow Head-Fi'ers.
 
I was randomly browsing around youtube, and found a song that I have heard quite a lot.
But now with my new headset (D2K's) I could hear som noise, as in low bitrate or clipping of the recording.
 
So this has made me wonder, what quality is youtubes music in? And yes, I know that you can select different resolutions of video, but what about the sound?

 

[extrabigmehdi]

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but what about the sound?

one problem is often that people rip video streams and then re-upload multiple time which results in further  degradation of sound quality. I  think youtube apply some loudness compression too.
Listening at some hd content uploaded from vevo would sound "decent".
 
If you are looking for "audiophile" experience, I  would stay away from youtube.

 

[mikkelmmk93]

This is the original source taken from a radio studio who themselves put it up.

 

[extrabigmehdi]

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This is the original source taken from a radio studio who themselves put it up.

if you can't find a better source either you accept the sound quality, or renounce to listen to it.
You might get better sound quality, by choosing highest resolution available for that video.
 

 

[Neosk]

Yes, try to choose the highest resolution but you still wouldn't know the quality of the audio. Maybe a 720 video quality has the audio quality of a 128 kbps music file.

 

[mikkelmmk93]

I use 1080p.

 

[macrocheesium]

I remember reading that 480p has maximum audio quality. No need to go higher than that if you're only using it for music.

 

[mikkelmmk93]

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I remember reading that 480p has maximum audio quality. No need to go higher than that if you're only using it for music.

That is definately not true!
I can clearly hear a difference between 480/720 and 1080.
I havent found the diffenrence between 720/1080 yet, if there is any

 

[RexAeterna]

youtube is not as bad people make it out to be. i use all the time looking and listening to new music if i'm not using foobar2000,my turntables or cd players. i found lot of amazing sounding stuff on youtube. people just tend to exaggerate on how awful youtube is.

 

[macrocheesium]

 
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youtube is not as bad people make it out to be. i use all the time looking and listening to new music if i'm not using foobar2000,my turntables or cd players. i found lot of amazing sounding stuff on youtube. people just tend to exaggerate on how awful youtube is.

It all comes down to who uploaded it. If someone uploads a video with 180kbps audio (which is what the majority of people have), obviously the result won't be any better than 180kbps. On "official" channels I agree it's usually pretty good.

 

[Redrider469]

Video's on "Official" channels will sound decent but if you're up for it, try out MOG. I pay $5 a month for unlimited computer access and I love it! 320Kbps streaming where most of spotify's stuff is in 128 or 192. Just a thought.

 

[TMRaven]

I still havn't found much decent encodes on youtube that don't butcher bass and soundstage-- even official vevo channels.