In the second video, the youtuber felt the Blue Yeti in omni mode was more representative , which I agree sounded more like listening to a system than the rather closed in, less vibrant sound of the MV88+, so an omni mic maybe the best option for capturing system sound.
Here's a vid comparing the iPhone with Shure MV88+ to Tascam X6
And here's a link to some live recordings made with a Tascam X6.
https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/tascam-portacapture-x6-audio-examples
I imagine listening to low quality digital sources can permanently damage your hearing. I've tried 20 usb c dongles with my phone, they all hurt my ears. Now the folks who are using such devices may not have as sensitive (golden) ears as me but long term it can't be doing them any good.
My first impressions are it sounds good but missing some spatial details, how does it compare to the in-room sound? Personally I'm not interested in an iPhone comparison but would be very interested if you compared the Beachtek to a 32bit recorder from Tascam or Zoom.
So if a small bluetooth speaker is playing symphonic music vs your system playing the same music, you don't think everyone who has heard symphonic music live, would agree your system is better?
Agree there is no best for everyone, Johnson introduced this non point into the thread I believe, is that right? @Another Johnson . I am quite sure you believe that some systems can do things better than others?
Higher fidelity systems can reproduce the sound of an unamplified instrument (assuming a good recording) closer to the sound of the actual unamplified instrument being recorded.
Thats an interesting POV coming from a recording /mastering engineer. Did you ever arrange/mic say a group of singers/players a certain way on stage to give a specific spatial effect?
You were saying people will disagree on what things should sound like, but if we are pursuing high fidelity sound then we should agree on details like where singers are positioned in a particular recording for example.
I am reminded of the Audio Note DAC"s I demoed for folks back in the day. They were very midrange centric which made them sound more analog but they didn't reproduce spatial details that should be there. So yes someone can choose not to hear what's on the recording, it's not HiFi though.
The interesting thing about the ATC SCM 20T floor stander is that it images far better than the SCM 20 stand mounter which is identical in all other respects.
The amp playing a role in the speakers controlled dispersion was just a guess on my part but it makes sense that if the speaker has big heavy drive units/cones, then you need some power to control them.