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. I find it interesting that there are so many people genuinely hearing a difference ...
Remove the word "genuinely" and in its place insert the word "supposedly", and the statement will be correct.
In the past, there were abilities that were considered genuine ... scrying tea leaves or goat entrails, for instance. The people who did this considered their abilities as genuine, the leaders to whom they reported considered the abilities as genuine, and even the population at large believed the abilities to be genuine. These people were held in the highest regard, so much so that their words determined the fates of kings and emperors. To gainsay them was considered heresy or insulting, and could get you executed.
That pretty well describes the Subjectivist faction of audio even today. Their unfounded and uncontrolled opinions regarding hearing are no more "genuine" than the ability to foresee the future in a goat's guts.
Science long ago proved superstition, divination and voodoo were just based on ignorance. Through the efforts of untold numbers of scientists, we now have a better idea what is real, what is true, what is usable and what is not. It's time the audio community sees the same light.
“The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.”
— Francis Bacon