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Group Challenge - Home lighting, who is in?

Hi everyone,

So I've been thinking a little bit about when my system seems to sound best, and I'm starting to wonder if it's the lights.  Modern high efficiency lights have a lot more tech in them than the old school incandescent, which were basically a resistor placed between the hot and the neutral.

So here is the challenge, if you are keen to try an experiment and post your results. Around  7-9 PM your local time turn off all the lights in your home and listen to your system. Do you hear a benefit?

Post your findings, positive or negative along with any power conditioner you may be using.

Please stay safe, keep a flashlight or other device handy if you need to. :)

Best,

Erik
erik_squires
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riley804
1,224 posts
 
i dont think it has anything to do with the lights in the house..   i think it has to do with the demand of power is less at the later times of the day.

why do you think a system sounds good early in the morning and late at night but not so good during the day. ?            the demand for power is less in the morning and evening and more during the day.


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millercarbon
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Your lights, are they by any chance can lights? If so it may not be the lights. Its the cans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcwz8-EfFYE

I can joke about this because as you know very well I have posted numerous times explaining in detail what is going on and how to test it. Do a search.
erik_squires OP
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I don't follow you nearly as much as you follow me, @millercarbon


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millercarbon
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I follow the site. Good ideas, they can come from anyone, anywhere, any time. When I learned about DBA, it was here. Not you, but here. HFT, ECT, fo.Q same thing, here. Those were as I recall Pritchard, Tim, and Mike, respectively. Nothing from you so far. But still, you never know....


riley804
1,224 posts
 
@erik_squires 

nothing ?


mike_in_nc
1,147 posts
 
I much prefer listening with the lights off. I even got some of these network-controlled plugs so I can switch them without getting up.

I’ve always thought it’s the lack of distraction that makes the experience better, but I can’t rule out that the lights are somehow affecting the actual sound. In my space, though, lighting and audio have separate dedicated circuits.
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oregonpapa
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I have a floor lamp right next to the listening chair. One bulb is normal. The other bulb is blue. When I'm listening to the system, I turn on the blue light only and it casts a lovely subtle blue glow throughout the room.

Trippy, Rippy, Dippy. 

Home Depot sells various colors. 

Frank
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rocray
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Blue LED’s under my acrylic TT platter and on the back of 2 of my subs. Does it make my system sound better? Not a snowballs chance. However,the geek in me loves it.
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kijanki
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Erik, perhaps later hour would be better?  I know that radio stations have to reduce output power at night, per FCC regulation (better propagation at night), around 6PM.  It can be even 7PM or 8PM, taking into consideration time zones and daylight saving time.
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jtcf
1,617 posts
 
No difference.I listen in the dark anyway with one light in the next room spilling through the doorway.If that light is off too,no difference.
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mapman
22,152 posts
 
Proper mood lighting makes music sound better.  Battery powered is best. 
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lalitk
5,419 posts
 
@erik_squires,

I suggest you buy one of these, it will set the right mood for listening and you are guaranteed to score major brownie points from millercarbon 😆

https://www.amazon.com/Lava-Original-16-3-Inch-Silver-Yellow/dp/B001MWSVP6?ref_=s9_apbd_orecs_hd_bw_...

Once you do, mc will guide you step by step on it’s optimal placement. 
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dekay
5,541 posts
 
My setup always sounds better in darkness/low light and all our lighting is from incandescent bulbs.

A better test would be to use incandescent lighting only VS whatever   "high tech" lighting you are using.

DeKay
luckyliu
4 posts
 
www.hidintech.com is a power socket that can be connected to the Internet. It allows users to turn on or off the power of the wall socket with a mobile phone, and can use it to control various plug-in US Smart Light Switch.

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