A free tweak revisited

@bikefi10   +1

Exactly the same with me. Indirect low light against the natural stone wall limited to the space behind the speakers does some good to the listening experience, at least to me. However, chances of falling asleep remain a potential threat ;-)

@baylinor , actually I have heard that blind people have quite an acute sense of hearing . . . generally more so than people who are not blind. Or so I have heard.

@jerryg123 , I guess that some common ground can almost always be found.

@tony1954 and @blackbag20 , I’ve moderated my drinking while listening. I never thought I was drinking all that much, but maybe I was. My VA doc (who is great) suggested 14 or less drinks a week and I was astounded, 14 a night sounded more appropriate. Then about a year & a half or so ago, my liver enzymes came back slightly elevated and stayed that way for a few retests. I went from listening & drinking (depending upon whether I had drank wine or beer with dinner) either wine or whiskey or brandy to drinking Miller Light while listening. Liver enzymes STILL came back high. I switched to Miller 64 (YUK) and did my level best to stay at or under 14 a week and the numbers came back within acceptable parameters. Just a couple of nights ago I splurged and had either three or four glasses of wine (one with dinner & the rest while listening) and the next day (yesterday I guess that would have been) I felt real crappy. But I agree with you about disconnecting the brain. Unfortunately I may have to do it with Miller 64 from now on.

@thebrokenrecord , it’s possible, but I am thinking not. I have my gear on a separate circuit (I actually used to have it on three separate circuits) that is on a leg of the panel with virtually nothing else operating on when I am listening (including the circuits with the house lighting).

@jmalen123 , that sounds luxurious to me. Seriously. Working nights and coming home to a dark house.

@bikefi10 , that is an idea for me to consider.

@immathewj best to you with the issue you elaborated on.

Another visual Ive tried, but can get a bit too trippy is put a monitor between speakers, play those visual affects vids on youtube with prog rock, psycedelic or ambient music and no NO stimulants. 

Your mind will get caught up in the visual and sound will go beyond speakers.

I find the light refractor that I posted about earlier less intense, but helps open boundary of the front wall.

Music is dreamed up in the darkness of the skull, and darkness is its favorite habitat.

Hi immatthewj, thanks for the topic...

I'm in a small, dedicated studio that seconds as a workspace.  Prime Time with the Sweetspot Siren is commonly after 10pm.  I find LED lights and electronic product lights, annoying.  Tube glow rules!  A simple search for LED light blocking stickers inexpensively and rapidly solved the problem.  I suspect, like me, many of my silver haired Peers spent long hours deep into the night, listening to tube radios.  WPTR & WKBW AM radio ruled the northeast during the exciting 1950 into 60's.  A darkened room works much better for me. 

For those, like me, who keep the decibels down at night (wife sleeps above studio) you might laugh, but these have proven comfortable and effective when requiring more volume: 

FOR USERS (earglasses.com)

I recently upgraded my bi-wire as manufactured Cardas Clear Sky X4's.  They are now bi-wired TO the speakers and all 12 connectors changed to FORGED spades.  The results are dynamic, adding more holography and depth of field, difficult to achieve in a small room.   A close, seasoned audio friend with a vast room and big system, is always gob-smacked when he visits by the size of the presentation.  Caution...in bi-wiring the X4 design, I'm not using deep bass information to my mains  it's divided at my Pro DAC, assigning below 80hz to my subs.  I had Tech help from Brian Van Bork at Cardas.

Other "free tweaks"...level all components (Art Dudley) and switch your main electrical box circuit switches and main switch on/off a few times a couple times a year.  

Onwards and More Peace             Pin       (bold print for old eyes)