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Comment author: pragmatist 02 August 2013 05:53:51AM 12 points [-]

There is evidence that people with amusia tend to report lower levels of musical appreciation. Perhaps you have amusia?

There are a few online tests that claim to test for amusia, such as this or this. If its not too unpleasant for you, you might consider taking one of them.

Comment author: James_Miller 03 August 2013 05:06:14AM 11 points [-]

Interesting! I took the first test and they always sounded alike so unless the test was a cruel trick I clearly have some kind of pitch perception problem.