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I generally find audiophiles to be a pretentious bunch, so this sounds about right.

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[โ€“] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I could hypothesize that the difference they're hearing, if not psychosomatic, would at that point be more likely caused by the speakers/headphones/tubes/amps warming up.

[โ€“] Blakey@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

I'm ripping on audiophiles pretty hard but being real, the placebo effect is pretty powerful for everyone.