Is positive reinforcement why things are sounding better?

Great example!

Me too with my children !😊

It is not a lie, it is the result of confirmation biases from their birth till now, all normal parent felt in a rightfull manner for his children... The fact that it can blind us and makes us unable of a wise judgement is another matter ... And a biased judgement must not be confused with a lie ...

We cannot perceive without biases... Biases are not only negative they can be positive , innate or acquired... They can result also from a rational thinking process as in the abductive reasonning ...

I can’t help but notice that most people’s babies are not that nice looking but when my boys were babies they were adorable.

I feel like I’m caught in the middle of something here.

Maybe I’m biased but I like the sound of Wilson speakers over other brands.  I confirmed that by listening to other brands.  Therefore, I bought Wilson speakers.  

Would it not be illogical to buy a speaker that I did not like to hear?

Or does confirmation bias drive me to upgrade to more expensive Wilson speakers?  I do feel that urge from time to time.  

“If a little is good, then a lot is better.”  I don’t know who said that but it should not be words to live by.  Although it is difficult to avoid in practice.

you came uninvited for example in the thread "the mystery of sound is mysticism " where you never posted any positive contribution expressely to derail the thread with sarcasms

@mahgister , alluding to that particular thread: Audiogon Management sent me my invitation via certified mail; they did not provide a list of everyone else who they invited, so if the invitation you received was in the same format as mine was, you would not have known that I was also on the list. And you are mistaken; the only two (quite short) posts that I made as I was following that debacle were not intended to be the least bit sarcastic--I was serious.

To the topic of this thread: confirmation bias, as it relates to audio, involves telling one’s self that one is hearing something that one is not actually hearing. Basically lying to one’s self.

All people participating in good faith  are invited "de facto" to any thread...For sure...This is a common place acepted fact ..

Save trolls viruses who harass someone and did not contribute in any way with positive content and argument to the thread...As you did...they are not welcome by anybody ...

Anybody can verify what i said about your behaviour consulting the thread last 2 pages "the mystery of sound is mysticism"...😊 They will see your "contribution" ...

Not ashamed? 😊

You are so confused here :

To the topic of this thread: confirmation bias, as it relates to audio, involves telling one’s self that one is hearing something that one is not actually hearing. Basically lying to one’s self.

I will not even answer. It seems you are unable to read any scientific article or even a wikipedia page about a concept as clearly defined ..

I will not even answer.

That would be best, since you would be unable to refute it.

Anybody can verify what i said about your behaviour consulting the thread last 2 pages "the mystery of sound is mysticism".

As I typed previously:  there was no sarcasm intended--I was serious.