This is a great topic!
I have had my listening experience immediately collapse when my girlfriend enters the room, makes an angry remark, and then storms off. It's like a light switch. The beautiful enveloping sound is suddenly collapsed into an incoherent mess.
Years ago when I played the string bass in youth symphony, I noticed that the instrument would sound warm and full some days, while other days it lost it's bottom end, becoming bright and scratchy. I always wondered if it was just my ears or if the instrument had really changed. I should have recorded it.
Often I have my best experiences when I'm not directly listening. I'm reading or working on something, getting lost in the moment.
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