"The other problem is that once someone plants the seed in your head, the brain is conditioned to expect it and often times leads you to hearing something that may not be there.
But in the end, the activity is pretty fun and many people enjoy it. That's not going to change. This is one of those special little wrinkles that make Phish so fabulous. We spent a year (collectively) arguing one tiny little point, so insignificant that 99% of people never knew it existed, smarter individuals might say this is a symptom of insanity."

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**** i think the above is all very true. plus, (from what ive heard/read) we all hear very differently for many different reasons and our ears actually adjust pretty darn well to sounds/music the longer we listen to it.....so if u have a "crappy" AUD of a good show, bear with it and after listening for a while, it likely wont sound so crappy anymore!

the second point i take from this is that phish is great because if i hear it and you dont, we are BOTH right!