@grislybutter .....Sticking to topics audio has a tendency to drift to some degrees in the forums ( self being guilty more than some, granted and the tolerance allowed appreciated ), towards which I can extend an amount of leeway and the time to either indulge or scroll on by.... Our audio pursuits' are both an intellectual and emotional indulgence that come through our posts; this sometimes allows a better comprehension of that posters' 'stance', simple to complex....
@dekay...Your perception observation is apt, as is the many ways it exhibits itself;
a familiar song, Yes....but very different...
The lyrics posted below....🤷♂️....at least one can recognize what an affen is...
What we hear in a general sense is the same waveforms in varied spaces with our preferences as to the means employed enough to agree we're hearing the same song. Developed tastes as to what, how, and the perceived qualities of such ( the 'black' of the background, timbre, resolution, fade/decay, etc., ad infinitum as far as ones' concerns might go....
We can all agree on that we prefer to listen with the best means we have at hand.
How another may listen to that with their perception preferences....?
Therein lies the rub....even for the individual. I find that when I've been elsewhere for an extended period that my own gear may take me a day or so to re-acquaint self to that which I'd dialed it into, having been exposed to car audio, cell streaming into my aids, or next to nil....
Personally? I've arthritis in my neck; therefore, I'm my own pain in it.
I try not to extend that to others, but am comfortable with being considered a relatively harmless troll with the occasional point....made without spearing anyone in the process.
*G* It's a life....and one can scroll on to that which beckons...