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Right but it's only when going back to the lower quality version where you realize just how much is missing. So it's the second.

Regular display pixels only became annoying after using a Retina display for a while and then going back. They were fine before.

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I disagree with this. I bought decent speakers (they were £300, so good quality but nothing crazy), and I suddenly started enjoying songs that I couldn't understand why anyone liked before, because I could hear details in parts of the music where there were none before.

Got an example of such a song?

Sure, a whole record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Judges_Ruth

C.f. any other record with good dynamic range and interesting stuff below 80Hz.

This phenomena you've described could be part of why Lovett's so misunderstood.

> Regular display pixels only became annoying after using a Retina display for a while and then going back. They were fine before.

Not really. I noticed fewer headaches and eyes getting dry less often after about a month.

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