@David A, without wanting to appear perverse, what exactly do you mean by "sound" then? Do you mean pressure waves in the air, or the experience of hearing them?
If the former, then I think I follow your train of argument, except that then it is certainly possible for people to hear a difference in sound quality when there is no difference in sound. That can happen for any number of reasons which don't need to be rehearsed here.
If the latter then I really don't understand the distinction you're making between "sound" and "sound quality"; it's all the same subjective experience which is unique to the individual.
Finally, to clarify, I didn't say (and certainly didn't mean to imply) that people's experience of differences in sound quality has no value -- on the contrary, that's really all that matters from the point of view of hi-fi/audio as a leisure activity.
If the former, then I think I follow your train of argument, except that then it is certainly possible for people to hear a difference in sound quality when there is no difference in sound. That can happen for any number of reasons which don't need to be rehearsed here.
If the latter then I really don't understand the distinction you're making between "sound" and "sound quality"; it's all the same subjective experience which is unique to the individual.
Finally, to clarify, I didn't say (and certainly didn't mean to imply) that people's experience of differences in sound quality has no value -- on the contrary, that's really all that matters from the point of view of hi-fi/audio as a leisure activity.
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