Is this some psychoacoustic phenomenon then, some disorientation caused by close familiarity with the old mono sound?

For one thing, Mr. Waxman is a former literary and cookbook editor who has a long and close familiarity with the field.

(Duffet's plays show a close familiarity with the lower and criminal classes of London society, perhaps suggesting first-hand knowledge.)

Terence lived in close familiarity with Scipio Aemilianus and C. Laelius.

A close familiarity with database searching is needed, and library and information professionals have important roles to play in this respect.

And her own close familiarity with Japanese subjects should make her ideally suited to this task, although her previous emphasis has been on women's lives.

And the aid workers' close familiarity with many neighborhoods has often given them a crucial edge over the combatants on both side.

His close familiarity with the histories of two veteran con men, Mr. Kolb says, is what drew him into the events that "America at Night" describes.

The other participants easily follow Presley's lead with what seems a close familiarity with his choice of songs.

Not enough was known about some of the technical issues: the geometers worked by a mixture of inspired guesswork and close familiarity with examples.