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Streaming music sounds better late at night. Is this just me?

I listen to both analogue and digital. For digital, I stream from Qobuz or Tidal into my Lumin X1 streamer/DAC. I noticed that the sound quality from streaming seems to be better later at night (11 pm e.g.) whereas my analog sounds the same. I am thinking that streaming sounds better late night because public use of the internet is lower at that time. I have Comcast service and use their modem with direct ethernet connection into my Lumin X1. Am I imagining this or do other audiophiles also notice this?

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tsushima1
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Let’s not ignore another more humanistic factor that may come into play here, in that one may feel more relaxed and receptive in ones self at such a time of day, for my part I find a nice glass of 20 yr old single malt contributes enormously .

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arafiq
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Agree with tsushima1 ... I have found that my music sounds better when I'm relaxed and have got nothing else on my mind. This is true regardless of the time of the day.

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chungjh OP
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No question, there is a humanistic factor. But the fact that the analog sound doesn't change very much throughout the day indicates that there is something else going on.

ghdprentice
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I am retired… there are no diminution of stress on Sunday nights, and there have never been any mental state factors involved. I typically realize the sound is notably better… then start asking myself why… did I do something to the system… go through a list of stuff, then noice it is Sunday night.

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tomic601
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Sprinkle some Talisker holy water on the Lyra and cue down !

@tsushima1 has the formula…. retirement helps…. nobody calling asking me IF we rolled out a couple hundred million dollar widget…or not…

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