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


In my listening experience, whatever system you have, whatever components, whatever the material, medium, one thing always seems to remain constant. It ALWAYS sounds better in the deep and still of the night!!!

 

Is it because night time is generally quieter? Is it because the world of electronics is then shielded from the SUN? Is it because there is less demand on the electrical service?

 

Whatever it is, there is one thing I know for sure, music sounds better late into the night!

kmckenn

@daveteauk  buying off, on? Talking about the coincidentally phrased question response, and what answer that as such phrased question got, alleged buying off?

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There may be some legitimate science to support the idea that, as a result of a multitude of factors, electronics may produce better sound quality at night.

I agree with the others here that say such a perception is mostly psychological.

Mood, lighting, the fact that you’re probably not having your scotch (and/or whatever) at 2:00 pm (no judging here) etc.

Certainly if you just had a fight with your wife… that preconditioning will have an impact. This kind of stuff can be relevant. But I have honed my listening skills for fifty years. I can over time differentiating conditioning from real sonic differences. Also, one of my pursuits as been philosophy with an emphasis on developmental and cognitive psychology… so I am familiar with stuff that influences perception. I detected this quiet time decades ago.

Most homes are measurably quieter, no trucks and cars creating mini seismic events, quiet power grid. I don’t drink scotch any more and am retired so, Sunday nights are not less stressful. No psychology required. Even when I comes down Sunday night and do not turn on my system the quiet is palpable.