The Nonesuch recording of the sound portion of John Cage's multi-media piece HPSCHD came with a unique dot-matrix (I believe) printout of a sequence of preamp settings to change during listening to the piece. Volume, balance, treble, bass. Much lower tech than what is being describe here but still relevant (sometimes the 1970s are still relevant.) So, you had two "standard" ways to listen -- as the record was mixed and as it was mixed according to your personal printout. Of course, once you realized what changing the settings did for you, there were an infinite number of "versions" to listen to.
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