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Bright or Dim?

Have you ever noticed that when listening to music in your listening area that music seems to sound better with the lights down? To me there is a rather noticeable difference. Could be just in my mind because that's how I like to listen, or is it something more biological/scientific than that?  Could it be that the lessoning of one sense enhances the other? Maybe it's just me. Anyway I thought I would see if anyone else has the same experience. Im sure if there is an actual reason for this phenomena, that someone on this forum will have the answer :) 
barnettk

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erik_squires
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I understand LED's put a lot of junk on the power lines. Do they sell any of the old 100 watt bulbs anymore?

To be clear, LED bulbs and lights which are AC powered cause a lot of noise because they use a switching power supply.  Some of it is really horrible on an oscilloscope.

It is not the LED itself that causes any  noise at all.LED's in audio equipment are fine.

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erik_squires
16,592 posts
 
Could be a power line noise issue, dimmers are notoriously bad. :)
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