We had few discussions on this subject and so far nobody has been able to pinpoint the reason for improved sound at night. I suspect that all factors play small role, including electrical grid pollution, reduced AM waves, reduced cellphone traffic etc.
There will be some noise injected from the Ethernet. Ethernet has inherent isolation, but nothing is perfect (there are always few pF across). Perhaps some ethernet filtering might help, but I don't know much about it. Other than that, usual precautions, like running signal and speaker cables away from (or perpendicular to) power cables, proper grounding and shielding etc.
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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