Or perhaps from a place of common sense among the mass psychotronic audiophiles-- You hear differently, as if the Creator could touch you in passing.
I'll never stop presenting this, to all those bias-less peasants, out there: Then you tell me there is no such thing as sight-expectation... First, hear thins with your eyes SHUT. Then, look at it while playing. Now we can talk serioursly, can't we...?
It is about sound "becoming" better with hours, if not days or even weeks, of solid state components' burn-in. IOW, it is about what you hear, and what you think you hear.
Nutul—forget explaining the fundamental principles of electronics. If some people are resistant to knowledge, then no—really no—logical arguments will convince them. As for listening to and contemplating music, I always do it in a darkened room. Only the Luxman display and the DMP-A10 are lit. No videos interrupt my immersion in the music. And I love basking in the warmth, which I do in Marsa Alam..