New Speakers

[MusicLover]

Just to add I out my 23s back in last night and I was taken aback at how poor they sound. Obviously with.  3 weeks of the Olympicas I have been spoilt.
Also goes to show my A/B testing a few weeks ago did no good as I did not think the Olmpicas were that big a step up. Wow I now know different

An interesting comment.  There have been a few times for me that I've tried something new, thought the improvement was small, then gone back and wow!  Big change going back.  I'd always assumed this is because I've gone slightly mad, but I've seen similar comments a few times over the last few months.

Yes I don't think I am very good at A/B comparisons. I feel under too much pressure to hear a difference :-)
I was genuinely shocked that the 23s sounded so boxy and dull . Never would have called them dull in the past. For me I think I have to do a longer listen .......like weeks :-)

I agree with you guys, don't forget hearing (the ears) and psychoacoustics, especially the later, are such a complex/variable subject that even significant changes may take quite long to notice or better to say, accomodate? I say this because your mood, freshness/tiredness level, amount of Rioja wine... all vary from day to day (especially the Rioja...)

I haven't done much A/B testing at home except with speaker positioning, but I always try to give changes (one at a time) a few days before experimenting further.