My stereo is my living room. I work nights and come home to a quiet, pitch black house and listen to music in the dark or with a little mood lighting. Every session is magical in it's own way and listening any other way for me is anticlimactic. Sometimes I will fire the system up during the day for others, but my listening is always in the dark eyes closed with the goosebumps firing on all cylinders.
A free tweak revisited
I am absolutely positive that this subject has been discussed before, but last night as I was listening I was reflecting on how big a difference (for me) turning the lights off and (probably redundantly) closing my eyes makes. My listening room is a quite near field environment, but with the lights off/eyes shut I hear the illusion of a sound stage wider than the boundaries of the room with height and some depth. (However, the sound stage I get is not as deep as it is wide.) Opening my eyes and looking at the speakers so close to me is kind of like sticking a pin in the balloon.
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Great topic, so true. Critical listening in LP always better in dim light. With room lights off, I run a cheap colored light refractor againest front wall ,behind speakers. This creates a moving visual depth. More lively than sitting in darkness and less chance of falling asleep with mellow jazz or soft female voices. Tony1995 has it right too, a couple glasses of wine make it all better :)
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@bikefi10 +1 Exactly the same with me. Indirect low light against the natural stone wall limited to the space behind the speakers does some good to the listening experience, at least to me. However, chances of falling asleep remain a potential threat ;-)
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