I think there is a limit to what anyone can hear in total and at any instant we focus on or hear certain things more than others. Then our focus changes over time and we hear what’s there differently with a different focus. Even when nothing at all has changed really in what is being played. It’s like looking at a picture. You can take the whole thing in initially then you tend to focus on different content at different times.
Think twice before concluding some thing sounds better
Often anything good that is merely different seems better. So many aspects of sound, things to listen for. Takes time to really know what parts are better and what might actually be worse in a complementary sense