SoftwireEngineer wrote: 
> Another observation or illusion (?), if I unplug all the power cords,
> clean the prongs with just a clean paper towel and plug it in, the
> system sounds very detailed. I check for this with very low volume
> listening. What could be happening ?

Very likely the system is being affected by
Expectation
Bias (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimenter's_bias).  Simply knowing about 
the change will change your perception
of the output.  Your brain is very bad at dealing with visual vs
auditory stimulus.

For example, the 'McGurk effect'
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?hd=1&v=G-lN8vWm3m0) ('more info'
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGurk_effect))


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