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Effect of Internet Service Quality on Streaming?

I’ve struggled for a long time with sound getting much, much worse around dinner time, and in some rare cases I don’t get depth, clarity, dynamics and imaging back until around midnight. Like many people I’ve attributed this to noise on my AC lines. But recently I’ve been wondering if maybe internet service quality is at least contributing to the issue in some manner. When I run tests it appears that speed, jitter, and latency are all higher at times when the sound is poor. That got me wondering if anyone knows whether one type of internet service is better than another for HiFi streaming? For example, is ADSL or DSL better, or does it matter? And what about speed? Particularly interested in anyone who has real world experiences from experimenting in this area…
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Unless you are hearing dropouts, it's definitely not your Internet connection.

I suggest building a dome around your house so you can control light, air pressure, and humidity.  Then your only remaining variable is your mood.  There may be ways to control that too!

Seriously, none of the gear- or connection-based variables being discussed here should have such a dramatic impact on sound.  That's why, while I joke above, I gotta think it's some other external thing - mood, weather, something. 

And I have experienced the phenomena - many people have commented that music sounds best when it is dark out.  I have experienced that too, albeit that also mostly correlates to how much THC I've consumed. 

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