IMHO, there is a great variance in what people are able to hear, and what they are not. Some of it may be their actual hearing acuity, the resolution of their system/ears, their training, there are so many factors. How presumptuous to tell someone what they are hearing.
Pre covid, I attended lots of concerts, and simply do not hear the kind of soundstage that many audiophiles prefer. No problem to me if they like the effect, or if they hear that type of soundstage in the concert hall, we all pay our money and can do what we like.
An audiophile here here argued that I did hear pinpoint imaging in the concert hall and that I was was disingenuous in reporting otherwise. Hey, maybe my hearing just sucks. I wish that I could allow him to hear through my ears.