Originally Posted by casey01
I tend to lean towards the logic of the fellow at "Audio Science Review" who states that when you have had a set of speakers for a considerable amount of time, you are used to listening to them, however, when you replace them, you are then doing more critical listening, hence, paying more attention to what you are hearing and after a little time your brain senses what you perceive as improved sound. .

The ear-brain thing leads into ... a more fundamental question one ...
How do you know what you perceive is better, is really better.

Think I'm going to put this on it's own thread ...