"Why does it work?" has answers at two extremes. At one end, the
equipment change resulted in some technical improvement - perhaps lower
interference or noise - that you're now hearing.
At the other end, it could be all in your head.
In the middle, it could be a combination of those factors.
People often forget the brain is actually pretty easy to fool. Take all
those optical illusions involving colors, shapes, figures, etc. No one
blames that perception on the optical equivalent of a bad USB cable ("I
would have never been fooled if they'd printed this on better
paper....") They just see what they see.
People often forget that subjective influences often take place at a
subconscious level and don't always follow the easy explanations of
confirmation bias or peer influence. I recall one study a year or two
ago where they found the color of a contestant's jersey reliably
influenced a judge's call in a sports contest. Red is the one you want.
Various explanations were offered, but they were just theories.
If you truly need to "prove" you're hearing a difference, you'll need
to construct some type of blind test that removes the potential for
subjective influence.
Otherwise, if you're happy and the expenditure is within your budget,
then just enjoy the sound. At that level, the exact cause doesn't
really matter.
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