 Why does YouTube sound better than Spotify?
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I am finding, more and more, that tunes on YouTube sound better than Spotify. I find the soundstage is far wider and bass, if not other bands, is also better. Case in point --> Season of the Witch by Donovan: YouTube version: https://youtu.be/GU35oCHGhJ0Spotify version: https://open.spotify.com/track/6MOE...KTUSadrY-oeVBsw&utm_source=copy-linkWhy is this particular tune so different on one platform compared to the other?
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Do you actually have a full Spotify account? I wonder if one is compressed more than the other, or maybe the free version doesn't offer as high quality bitrate.
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Randy, I have a premium Spotify account. The client in all my devices is set to highest quality.
If you have Spotify, have a listen to the two different versions to hear what I am referring to.
BTW, I am listening to both via Firestick 4K --> Onk --> active LFRs.
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I found the same song on Amazon Music. It sounds the same as Spotify.
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To be honest I don't listen to a lot of streaming music services, I do listen to occasional youtube song, interesting what you are seeing.
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Sounds like a completely different recording. Even on my Bose computer speakers there's a noticeable difference in tone.
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It could be a different recording. It might have been doctored by whoever uploaded it to YouTube. I like it better even though it may not be the original. I've been finding a ton of stuff on YouTube that makes my system come to life in ways that Spotify never could. Listen to this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k0xwa4qUBs&t=28sEdit: Canes, throw those Boses away. Get yourself a pair or M2 computer speakers with a decent sub. I have the Audiobytes with the M0 speakers and absolutely love them. They are mated with my cheap and modified Sony sub.
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BOSE, no highs no lows, must be Blows 
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As far as I know, I am the first and perhaps only one who figured out Bose's brilliance.
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Google definitely did something with their youtube streaming earlier this year coinciding around the time when they retired their google play app. We started noticing that It started sounding so much better even though its spec appears to be below par vis-a-vis spotify. The bass had suddenly improved and the songs overall were sounding so very improved and nice relative to the earlier version of music you would hear on youtube. It has definitely become very noticeable. Maybe it could be that we were randomly hitting uploaded versions that were relatively better or probably google has some algorithm to identify and play better recordings..
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