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Heaven or Hell

After a long day at work I sit down to listen to my stereo and behold the seas part and yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus the Stereo Gods have granted me a rare evening of audiophile heaven but now I ask you why cant I stay in this state of rapture as the following day at the same time listening to the same music the seas refuse to part and Im here in a state of disbelief. Can anyone tell me why its so hard to stay in that elusive zone? Explanations appreciated.
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tpreaves
2,687 posts
 
It's not your system, its you. Don't feel ashamed, it happens to everyone (even though some don't want to admit it).
tmsorosk
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The difference in sound quality that you hear from day to day may not be psychological as another poster suggested . I used to have the same problem and felt the difference was to great to be a matter of state of mind ect . I attributed it to inconsistencies with incoming power . Upgrading to a top notch conditioner seemed to give me consistent sonic qualities . I haven't heard such anomalies since .
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charles1dad
10,250 posts
 
Nice topic, state of mind and current emotional factors do have an affect it would seem. I agree with others above who mentioned good power conditiners. Since using a balanced-power isolation transformer the past 3 yearsthe sound is always very high quality without deviations.
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zmanastronomy
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Tpreaves, if my system sounded different from time to time, I would say so..
In your responce, you have pretty much called me a liar!
Think what you want, but a system with very stable power will be stable.
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halcro
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No it's not your mind.
It has been happening to me for the last few weeks whereas it rarely did during the previous 25 years.
They have coincidentally upgraded the power lines in my street during this time but nothing visibly being done over the last week or so and yet......one day I get magic....and the next day......bananas!
I'm loath to put conditioning in but if this keeps going like this for much longer?..............
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