LouisB (#11);
Del monaco (#12);
Rob400 (#15);
steveledzep (#17)
Better at night - the "after 11pm effect"
You mention the improvements at different times of day and especially at night and remark about how this could be due to elements other than the mains quality at that time.
I concur. I'm lucky in that inside my home is relatively quiet even though I live on the outskirts of a town and only a short distance from a motorway. However, late at night there is definitely a calm stillness or quietude which does not exist at other times of day and I think that it is infectious making it easier to still oneself and concentrate - whether to listen to music or read.
This suggests to me that the overriding factor for me is my psychological state. Late at night all I am going to do is listen to music then go to bed. All the extraneous crap that fills my head during the day is gone and there is nothing to distract me from the pleasure of listening. Also, for me at least, after 11pm is "sleep-time" so I feel that my physiological state is also relaxed no adrenalin or cortisone coursing my veins.
Maybe those times during the day when my boxes are humming and I'm thinking "the hifi's gonna sound rubbish", it does because I'm predisposed to the idea.
Maybe I should be working on the circuits in my head rather than my house...
Perhaps the debate should be What's the best pharmaceutical for listening...
Thanks for your comments.
Junk
Del monaco (#12);
Rob400 (#15);
steveledzep (#17)
Better at night - the "after 11pm effect"
You mention the improvements at different times of day and especially at night and remark about how this could be due to elements other than the mains quality at that time.
I concur. I'm lucky in that inside my home is relatively quiet even though I live on the outskirts of a town and only a short distance from a motorway. However, late at night there is definitely a calm stillness or quietude which does not exist at other times of day and I think that it is infectious making it easier to still oneself and concentrate - whether to listen to music or read.
This suggests to me that the overriding factor for me is my psychological state. Late at night all I am going to do is listen to music then go to bed. All the extraneous crap that fills my head during the day is gone and there is nothing to distract me from the pleasure of listening. Also, for me at least, after 11pm is "sleep-time" so I feel that my physiological state is also relaxed no adrenalin or cortisone coursing my veins.
Maybe those times during the day when my boxes are humming and I'm thinking "the hifi's gonna sound rubbish", it does because I'm predisposed to the idea.
Maybe I should be working on the circuits in my head rather than my house...
Perhaps the debate should be What's the best pharmaceutical for listening...
Thanks for your comments.
Junk