Can pros tell which INSTRUMENT is more expensive? [Blind Test]

How important is an expensive instrument? You might think other people who play the SAME instrument can tell, but could a professional musician who plays a a DIFFERENT instrument tell apart a $1,000 and $50,000 instrument? 🎵

0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Introducing our instruments
2:06 - Round 1 Flute
4:14 - Round 2 Flute
8:26 - Round 1 Violin
10:38 - Round 2 Violin

[JasmineChoi]

It was so much fun comparing the instruments and testing my ears😆

[jandutton]

I think the point is that a professional can make any instrument sound good!

[kieki]

"you only know expensive" *laughs in rich*

[nickuhland]

My favorite part of a new Ray Chen video is guessing whether he will sound American or Australian.

[zoelee]

The Stradivarius was very obvious! So much more depth and warmth to the sound. It felt like the $69 violin was truly stretching itself trying to project and make a decent sound under such stressful playing.

[alexkuamoo]

My jaw dropped when Ray thought the first flute was the most expensive. I don’t know flutes at all but the first was an immediate “nah, that’s a cheap instrument” moment. I’m so glad you swapped them. The strad stood out head and shoulders, that was so much easier than the flute.

[juliechen]

The comparison to perfume shopping was too funny!!!

[IQzminus]

Jasmine playing, it was crazy how good all 3 sounded. None sounded even a little like a 69 dollar Amazon instrument.

I’m sure it might be harder to play and get a good sound out of, but I sure couldn’t tell from her playing.

I guessed the most expensive correctly, but it was a lot smaller difference than I expected.

[pedrosalas]

Looks like Ray is stepping up his game from doing chamber music to making videos with someone 😏

[goldika]

The flutes were super hard to tell apart, i only could get it with better speakers 😅 but the strad was 100% obvious from the first note and the other violins were quite obvious too. Still impressed tho how good of a deal you made with the 69$ violin- my old 120€ one sounds like a muted cardboard box but yours is quite loud and really tries its best 😃

[emmanuellaurens]

Round 1 Flute: Bizet, Entr'acte (Act III) from Carmen
Round 2 Flute: J.S. Bach, Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No.2 in B Minor
Round 1 Violin: Saint-Saëns, the Swan from Carnival of the Animals
Round 2 Violin: Brahms, Violin Concerto in D Major

[vanessachromik]

I played the flute for ~9 years and I'm now playing the violin, this will be an interesting video 😄

[eriks]

I love that the video is editted like a korean TV show. Only need the instant replay!

[cake-gikt]

They're so at peace listening to each other I love it

[celestkhoo]

This is so nice and funny! Thank you Ray and Jasmine for sharing with us. 😊

[A_Hz]

The comparison between the instruments were so interesting! I mean both Jasmine and Ray are such amazing players they can make anything sound like gold (Jasmine literally can) 😂😂😂🎉

[lola.millard]

i’m shocked at how well i did, i guessed both the flutes and the violins right!! great content ray, keep up the good work!

[lucienazario]

Ray, you have very good sensitive ears. You were able to guess correctly the 3 different flutes played by Jasmine. So brilliant!!!👏👏👏

[kylestevens]

lol we guessed the same Ray great job! Bro we must be geniuses lmao I know I’m not! But your playing definitely is!! Thank you for all the beautiful music!!

[mattbrown]

So happy I got all of them right. The flutes were much more difficult to tell apart for me at first.