Youtube for music? Isn't that like radio quality?
[a quick search indicates that audio, despite the rate uploaded at, is transcoded to many bitrates and then played back depending on bandwith loads (both ends?), as far as I can tell.]
Regardless...and I'm a fan of many more eclectic bands, so...there are TONS of songs from my library that are simply not on Youtube. The ones that make it to the site are often user uploads of horrible audio quality...even noticeable on mediocre speakers.
That said, it is a convenient way to listen to a gigantic library of songs with a few clicks!
[ed.]
damn...just checked and three of the five 'obscure' bands had a bit of contend uploaded...and, they seemed to only sound crappy b/c my lame computer speakers. still take a little offense to keeping a music library, but part of my rebuttal seems on shaky ground.