I have several systems (Revel Salon 2, B&W 801, PSB, JBL M2) and can hear and remember differences in bass quality which is also room dependent, in soundstaging which is also speaker placement dependent, and dynamic range which is also dependent upon source and amp power. Other than the afore mentioned characteristics, I seem to be unable to hear and REMEMBER the other characteristics that must differienciat the speakers. There have to be differences, but I am unable to distinguish them with the passage of time when having to rely upon audio memory. Were a pair of speakers set in the same space and I was able to switch between them in real time, then I could probably make distinctions. As it is, all my systems seem to give me equal satisfaction when bass quality, sound staging, and dynamic range are taken out of the equation. I confess, I feel really inferior when everyone else makes fine distinctions, and I wonder If their skill is a figment of imagination or actual skill, which probably can really be cultivated, but is probably somewhat rare.