With an apology to the hearing-impaired, headphones are required for this audio recording quiz.
I heard the effect in the recording before he pointed it out, but with the expectation there was a technical problem, I assumed a microphone was out of phase with the other mics. This is his follow-up entry.

Being something of a sound engineer, it’s something he’d notice.
Well, I can’t say I heard it before he pointed it out, even with earbuds. But also, I don’t find it distracting, or troubling. Ah well.