Hi-Fi Audio As Fast As Possible

People who are serious about sound often swear by high-fidelity, or hi-fi, audio equipment. Here's a look at what goes into a hi-fi setup.

[MindBodySoulOk]

The biggest disappointment of my life was going to my first rock concert as a teen and it sounded so much shittier than the record.

[Netsuko]

Editor: "How many stock images do we need to buy for this video?"
Linus: "Yes."

[PostmoProduction]

I think it's quite similar with video.
Once we experience full HD (or even more), it's sucks to go back at 360p or 480p.
**unless it's a good porn.

[EposVox]

Hi-fi stuff isn't for everyone, but it can be damn addicting and expensive for those who do enjoy it.

[nasilemak]

Bought Hi-Fi headphones to listen to Lo-Fi chill music at Youtube

[SrtRacerBoy]

Low Quality Audio is Like:
Dead Pixels
3/2 Pulldown
LCD Light Bleed
Coil Whine
Screen Tearing
Vsync Lag
Mechanical Hard Drives
Non-Native Resolution (looking at you XBone, 900p)

Once you realize how bad it is, You'll pay anything to get rid of it.

[SuperCripple]

I just bought a pair of Audio-Technica ATH-M50x on sale for a little over a hundred bucks. Coming from a three hundred dollar pair of Beats Studio... I will never make that mistake again.

[TheHammerofDissidence]

Room acoustics will get anyone off to a good start regardless of equipment. So many people with stereo systems don't take the time to properly place their speakers or tame reflections when needed.

[SocialGore]

Hi-fi sound equipment doesn't necessarily have to reproduce the sound from the source accurately, some can still be considered hi-fi even if it "colors" the sound. "Reference quality" is the term used for gear that's goal is to be as accurate as possible.

[NeologicStudios]

Gotta say, as an audio professional.... This was spot on, lol! I'd love to see you guys cover the modern music experience with streaming platforms (spotify, Youtube, etc.. which are all normalizing the listening experience through weighted measurements of the audio tracks and creating a playback gain adjustment) and the fidelity wars in Streaming (Soundcloud is notorious for it's lower quality compression schemes compared to Spotify or Tidal)

[tuomaskilpelainen]

ME: Oh. No ads this time, how refreshi-


LINUS: SPEAKING OF THINGS COMING IN THE FUTURE

[cingkole]

I argue with my friend who owns expensive beats headphones while I use cheap but good IEMs, about sound quality all the time. Most people think price always equals quality, but with most tech these days that isn't true.

[VarunSarathy]

And people think that Wi-Fi stands for "Wireless Fidelity".

[PickeringSamuel]

Spotify/YouTube music 128kbs = 30fps
HQ MP3 320kbs = 60fps
Lossless Flac 1411kbs = 144fps

[AdvaitThakur]

It will be good that people understand what actually quality sound is. Great video!!!

[ernestpaul]

I'm in the market for new headphones, what color of Beats Studio wireless come with the most Hi-Fi?

[NoEggu]

@2:28 "...more premium cables and wires can, in some cases, make a slight difference"

Linus, you are correct, for most stereos. But for a truly well built, high end stereo, the difference that cables make is anything but slight.

@3:05 "...very difficult to hear the difference between a high quality mp3 and a lossless flac"

Linus, ditto my first comment, as it pertains to a true high end stereo.

If you have not heard, for example, a pair of Wilson Alexx, or Vandersteen Seven loudspeakers, with like-quality components, professionally set-up, then you have not heard a system where the differences in cables, or mp3 vs. flac, will be very apparent.

Otherwise, a very good video.

[willdau]

Regarding source-quality and MP3/Lossless/FLAC you could have meantioned the significance of the "loudness war" trend.

[jefferyjones]

I feel like there gets to a point where the law of diminishing returns sets in

[TheHoaxHotel]

Best practice is to crank that bass to 11 so you can hear over 9000 kHz.