Mood

@zazouswing :

“a poorly recorded first song left a bad taste for all that followed”
Exactly what happens to me a lot.

@cdc “Did you play the same music the next morning?”

Not at first but soon thereafter.

In the morning it’s quiet, and you are well rested, Power is cleaner. So this will all contribute to have a good listening.

I was thinking also that it could be the power thing.  How late was it?  Super late should be fine it seems though.

Can't say I've experienced that phenomenon, but then I've only got music playing at certain times.... 

If it's my mood, then typically, I'll end up playing multiple disc's without feeling gratified by any of them... and end up switching off the system.

Sometimes the system sounds especially good and I tend to assume it's associated with power, although I could be wrong.

Of course, if there's actually a problem like sibilance, which, as it happens,  I've so far failed to solve, listening will just trigger frustration. My workaround is limiting my listening to instrumental music.