Yanni or Laurel?


Is this why some reviewers/audiophiles hear differences others can't?

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/dont-rest-on-your-laurels/560483/

I only hear Laurel and my wife only hears Yanni.  
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OK, so Laurel seems to be tracking around 60%, and Yanny the other 40%. Here's the thing though. These two words are entirely different!. I am amazed by this, as I have only ever heard Laurel. I have tried different sources, moved to different rooms, but it's always Laruel. The people who hear Yanny, I truly believe can hear OK as it's about 40% of us. If we were comparing 2 words like "witch" and "stich" I would expect such diversity, but Yanny & Laurel? I wonder if there are other things that people hear differently.
I have also heard both. Yanni on the very small speakers of my MacBook and Laurel on my car radio. Yanni was higher and thinner sounding so it may be more the acoustical presentation than the differences in how we hear things which is what is creating the fervor over this.
My post was hinting about how there is likely going to be a strong correlation in the fuse and cable debate, and where that person stands in the fuse/cable debate..vs whether they hear yanni or laurel.

I suspect that some minimal majority at the least, of the fuse ’non believers’ will be of the laurel type.
That some minimal majority of some sort, that hear yanni, will be of the fuse believing type.

If there isn’t then that will also explain another critical point, one that is slightly deeper in the puzzle vs proofing game..
Ie, if the proposition is wrong than that is just one more excellent data point that is just as useful.
Time for a poll?
It has to be done now, while there are enough people looking.