Never claimed I could do this.we remember melodies, which includes instruments and their harmonics.
but something like the reverberation of sound in a room? For example, if you're testing two sets of EQ for your room. Well, good luck lmao.
I dispute the notion that we can't remember things we have heard for long, as claimed by the OP.
I do suppose that professional reviewers have done precisely this such that variations on coloration are memorable. It is only *very* recently that rigorous testing has been available outside of a laboratory.
It's interesting when this sort of examination dispels hype, intriguing when it confirms something a reviewer can't quite articulate.
Optics, for example are easy to measure, and verify. Testing cameras was always a matter of balancing cost against resolution.
That's new for our hobby.