I totally agree with this. I liken listening at night versus during the day as listening with a good power conditioner versus plugged into the wall. It’s like our whole “perceived” noise floor of the world declines significantly at night. I can’t measure it and can’t come close to explaining it, but if I really wanna explore the differences between gear I do it at night and not during the day. That’s the best I can describe it. Just my $0.02 FWIW.
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?