DISCUSSION: "It only comes out at night". Does anyone else have this experience!?

Maybe, maybe not but I've felt for years that all of my cars were quieter, smoother and nicer to drive at night.

Unfortunately, they'd usually return to being old bangers the very next day!

Perhaps it's really something to do with less background ambient noise?

Circadian rhythms?

I'm an old car guy, old school, tail of the muscle car era. I am getting a kick out of your cars being better at night... that wasn't drinking related was it!? ;-)

The main reason I prefer night listening is the darkness. I want my room to be as dark as possible so the speakers disappear. Even the soft glow of tubes lights up the room more than I like.

Secondary reasons are work and other obligations during the day means night listening is required. Less traffic, less ambient noise, and less distractions are experienced at night as well. Deeper into the night, around the three hour mark of a listening session, is where things really begin to sound fantastic. By then the components are fully warmed up and my hearing has relaxed and opened. Finally, we are conditioned to a degree to equate night time with fun time. The evenings are when dinner is eaten, movies are watched, parties are enjoyed, and drinks are consumed.

Its said to be because the power grid is not as congested at night due to closed businesses. Therefore the grid has less pollution.

As to cars running better @cd318 , I hadn't thought about that since I was a kid with my 1st car. Indeed that car DID run better at night. I suspect it did so because the air is cooler and provides more oxygen. It ran better in the rain also. But those old vacuum windshield wipers made you keep your foot out of the throttle too much. Pressing the accelerator hard caused the wipers to stop because vacuum was needed by the engine. Thanks for those memories. Hadn't remembered that in a long time