“Black background” — What really contributes to this phenomenon?


How to enjoy the tiniest of musical details and lowest noise floor against the blackest of backgrounds?  
Power? Sources? DAC? Amps? Cables? Tweaks?  Vibration control? Any of these in particular?


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Audioquest Niagara system with appropriately matched power cords did it here. Another step you can take is use sheet copper to maintain a barrier between analogue and digital components. In my case I use copper sheeting under my pre-amp and FM tuner. Streamer is directly below the tuner and my Benchmark DAC is right below the pre-amp. I also use Pearl tube coolers and solder a wire I can take to ground to them to drain off any RFI or EMI that may effect tube performance + the cooler has the tube’s head running 20 - 25 degrees cooler for longer life.