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Streaming music sounds better late at night. Is this just me?

I listen to both analogue and digital. For digital, I stream from Qobuz or Tidal into my Lumin X1 streamer/DAC. I noticed that the sound quality from streaming seems to be better later at night (11 pm e.g.) whereas my analog sounds the same. I am thinking that streaming sounds better late night because public use of the internet is lower at that time. I have Comcast service and use their modem with direct ethernet connection into my Lumin X1. Am I imagining this or do other audiophiles also notice this?

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chungjh OP
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Ah, ok. So, I am not going crazy...yet.

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chungjh OP
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Steakster, thanks for the link. May be I should think about getting an LPS for my modem. That may be my weak link.

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chungjh OP
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Steakster, thanks for the link. May be I should think about getting an LPS for my modem. That may be my weak link.

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chungjh OP
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kijanski,

I don't know much about the ionosphere, but are you saying that the SQ improves at night because of the radical shifts in the ionospheric layers rather than the reduced stress on the power grid?

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chungjh OP
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OK, is there anything we can do about this? I already have a very good power isolator Torus RM20.

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chungjh OP
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LPS=linear power supply. 

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No question, there is a humanistic factor. But the fact that the analog sound doesn't change very much throughout the day indicates that there is something else going on.

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chungjh OP
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Has anyone tried to see if a very high quality power conditioner can cure this problem?

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