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Tom, if I hadn't heard it 30 years ago I would be thinking the same as everyone else; but, one bases reality on how it's experienced - science then comes along after the fact and gives one, the Big Explanation! And normal hifi systems sound exactly the same to me as as they do for everyone else, and if my mine is not at the right quality level it will also sound very "normal" - just like audio science says ... .
Every system has a hidden "turbo" button - and I've worked out how to push it, on various setups. There's no magic in it - simply push the quality level, or signal to noise might be a better term for some, to a high enough point, and the mind switches into a "I believe in this illusion" mode - ASA gives an explanation for what goes on. As an example, if the recording is of a solo piano being played some feet beyond the speaker, and you switched to a real piano being played at that location, and moved everywhere in the room, you would hear a pattern of sound; switch back to the recording, and move around the room again - a comparable pattern is heard.
Just because you know that this is possible doesn't mean it's easy to do. I have a friend down the road who I've been prodding into improving his playback, for years. It gets very, very impressive at times - big sound, all through the house, with so much going for it. But, he still hasn't got the full monty!! Close, but no cigar! ... It's his system, I can only make suggestions, etc - I would do things differently, in major ways.
So there is no magic to it. Simply push the quality level. Yet you can't formulate or rigorously describe what quality we are pushing. To what level it must be pushed for this to happen. What steps or parameters will result in a large enough quality change. Is that right?