Bright or Dim?

Hey, I know a good thing when I see it. 👀

rcronk17
Fools at 20 tend to be fools at 70! Fools grow more foolish just like wisdom (the domain of the Wiz - Frank Zappa) may improve with years.

The best bet is to shut your eyes. Open eyes stimulate the optic nerve and make the brain work. Easily seen on brain scans the visual stimulation takes a lot of brain activity and it confounds listening with the distractions. All the visual needs to be screened out if you want undisturbed audio signals for ’receivers’ like your brain stem systems.

>>>>That is especially true when there’s a limited number of brain cells to begin with, like possibly ten or eleven. Multitasking is a skill reserved for the very young or people with huge heads.

cheers,
the inventor of Ortho Ears 

Shinning bright light 💡 on cables for a few minutes prior to play is a different idea entirely. Amuse your friends.

I do my best work in the dark. 

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Oh, I see. Now I’m the troll. 

Uh, but micro arcing is the correct answer. Hel-loo! 😛

barnettk OP
Interesting comments. I agree that dim lighting when listening to music allows one to focus more on the music. There is a lot going on in the brain while enjoying music. According to several articles I have read suggests that we use more areas of the brain when listening to music then doing most tasks. For example here is a excerpt of a finding by Stamford University on the subject:

“A Stanford study shows that music engages areas of the brain which are involved with paying attention, making predictions and updating events in our memory (Baker, Mitzi. "Music moves brain to pay attention, Stanford study finds.”

>>>>Unfortunately, the Stanford study you referred to has precious little to do with listening in the light vs dark. Now, if the study had concluded, “Darkness moves the brain to pay attention,” it would be a different story.

barnettk OP
anothrr article I read suggests that people who have had head injuries that have left a person unable to tie their own shoes can compose and be able to play musical masterpieces on certain instruments.

>>>Again, that second article sheds no light - to use an expression - on the issue under debate, I.e., listening in a lighted room vs listening in a dark or darkened room.

barnettk OP

Geoffkait "Unplugging the fridge oft results in better sound, too. A much bigger mystery is why taking all cell phones outside improves the sound. "

My rack is on a dedicated circuit. However We have 2 refrigerators and a huge Freezer in the garage. One of the refrigerators is in the adjacent room to my listening room. I have not had an issue with interference from it that I know of but I had wondered about that. Unplugging it... well if I did that I would be sleeping outside if the wife ever found out lol.

>>>>>We all have to make certain sacrifices. 😬 You wouldn’t necessarily be aware of appliance generated noise in light of the fact much of it is due to micro arcing. You become aware of noise by its absence.

Less noise is always a good idea. That’s why it’s a good idea to not only clean all electrical contacts for appliances and lamps, etc. but also to employ contact enhancer on all contacts, you know, to reduce micro arcing. Unplugging the fridge oft results in better sound, too. A much bigger mystery is why taking all cell phones outside improves the sound.