I think that an interesting philosophical question is how does anyone know that the music they hear is the same as the music anyone else is hearing???, e.g., is the color red that I perceive the same as the color red that you perceive or do I perceive the tone high C in the same way that you perceive the tone high C? Guess one could say since we all share a lot of genes in common, etc., there has to be some great commonality of perception, also in evolution it wouldn’t work too well if I see a tiger but you don’t. With that relativity in mind and the fact that everyone’s hearing loss is departing from average normal in different ways, I think there is a lot of room for everyone to be happy with what works for them (I liked someone’s comment that a tremolo effect might actually be considered a music enhancement for some types of rock music!) while also respecting a lot of people might agree that this $1,000 headphone here sounds a lot better than that $50 headphone over there. It’s good to respect relative cost/benefit choices, too.
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