The point of my post was to simply point out some *
similarities* I can hear between the two instruments, nothing more, nothing less, so no need to feel there's a comparison or something eludes you, and the YouTube audio was just fine, I can hear it without problem. I was just looking to see if anyone else might also say "yea, in certain circumstances they do sound kind of the same," and not start an argument. If you don't think they sound at all the same whatever the registration, fine, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
I get the impression from some, if the instrument isn't built by the same builder in the same century out of the same tin, wood and on exact time of day, then all of a sudden there is zero chance two different organs can even remotely sound at all like each other and it's totally against the rules to suggest so. I don't get that worked up about things. So don't worry, it's o.k., admitting two instruments sound similar to each other won't result in the organ purist police coming looking for you.
We could take the average circus or merry-go-round organ, give it a decent registration, and Bach would probably say it works just fine for most literature.
Marc