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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/sc...=1&ref=science

This has much to teach audiophiles also. The same issues of the validity
of subjective experience and the power of factors not inherent in the
sound as it reaches the ear are very similar.

In the popular kinds of tales one sometimes encounters with subjective
lines of reasoning musicians are often said to be good sources for
listening tests.

As the stories go it is said they have acutely trained ears for hearing
subtle variations in sound. Here is a test of violins and those who play
them that is also a test of that notion.