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

Hmmmm.... just adding things in to compliment the input.

My location: very rural subdivision a few hundred yards from the fringe of a state park/lake. Listening room: finished, basement behind subterranean reinforced concrete walls. I can’t recall what the “technology” is called, but all my equipment is behind a UPS that completely isolates AC output from AC input by reconstituting the AC voltage and sine wave from a bank of DC batteries.

But, I still notice it. Yes, lights out except for the annoying glow of power on indicators helps (I buy off on the your mind gets distracted by other input (light)). Despite my AC isolation, also buy off on the AC/Power grid. Environmental noise is very low in the listening area, all but the most severe thunderstorms go unnoticed, and can be soo quiet that you can hear your heart beat, but I also buy off on ambient noise being less. Having AC isolation I leave my electronics on, so they are always “warm”, but also buy off on after listen for a while at night it still warms up after a while of listen (all the right components within the components warmed up?). I also buy off on the magic of a deep blanket of snow.

i can’t recall ever having a similar DAYTIME experience.... does that support that the SUN does many more things to this earth than provide light and warmth?

i still believe in (enter some ominous music here) “IT ONLY COMES OUT AT NIGHT! (Evil LAUGH (Vincent Price))

You know that night time

Is the right time

To be with the one you love.

- Aretha Franklin

Thanksgiving was embarrassing. Entire family was over. Everyone was full from dinner and enjoying some adult beverages. My brothers, who heard my system before suggested everyone head down for a listen. Most had never heard it before.

It sounded like complete trash. Harsh, unbearable trash.

It was around 8:30 pm. The difference - every light, tv, Christmas lights and room lights were on. If it was plugged in, it was on that night. The same was true for my neighbors. Parked cars up and down the street.

My brothers looked at me in puzzlement and left the room, one of them commenting, "You need different gear. Way too harsh, too bright." I was so angry at my investment that I have not listened since.

I knew clean power was essential, but what am I to do now? The time of day didn’t matter in this case, it apparently was an over usage in my home, which probably equates to the time of day for people in high demand areas?

Next time I host, "Okay everyone, I have to turn off all the lights, tv, etc. and then we can listen to my system"... whispers around the room... "How much did he spend on that system?!"

I’m jealous of everyone that listens into the wee hours. Waking up at 3:30 a.m for work each day I can barely stay up until 8:00 p.m. Lucky! 

Those who've mentioned snow are on to something, snow is insulator. I have crawl space under house,  snow piled up around house, storms on windows down, very little traffic due to snow, no wind, night. This is the absolute very best ambient noise situation for me. The greater dynamic range recordings are most affected by ambient noise floor, quiet passages are absolutely ruined during day, the amount of low level info heard during these quiet passages makes all the difference. Classical music comes alive for me, can't hear all the nuance during high ambient noise times. If one only listens to loudness wars, no dynamic range recordings doesn't make any difference. I have neighbor only listens during day, heavy metal all the time, likely over 100db in his room, ambient noise sure doesn't bother him!