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Have you ever hated the sound of your system one day, and loved it the next?

Last night I went to bed thinking my system was going down the tubes. This morning I loved it.
 Last night it sounded painfully bright and unbalanced.  This morning, on the same CDs, it sounded full and rich.
Now, I ask you, is it the system or me???
  I understand changes in electrical currents from the wall can play a part, but I have an expensive power conditioner.
 I was just wondering if this is a typical bugaboo among audiophiles.
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willemj
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Nonsense. I did.
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gdhal
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Thank you, @willemj
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geoffkait
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I actually don’t think gdhal was perpetrating a fraud or hoax. He really believes he’s the knight in shining armor come to slay the dragon. Bad dragon! Bad! 
cooper52
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Hmmm. Well, getting back to the subject at hand, I'm glad to see this discussion, as I always thought it was just me. My system never sounds actually "bad," but sometimes I've noticed that it seems to be in especially fine voice. Always chalked that up to my own mood, ears, and brain. Would be interesting for some very enterprising audio specialist to figure out a way to test this empirically.
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gdhal
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I actually don’t think gdhal was perpetrating a fraud or hoax. He really believes he’s the knight in shining armor come to slay the dragon. Bad dragon! Bad!

Thank you, Geoff. I consider this yet another offering on your part of the proverbial carrot, and I’ll accept it.

But I shall not extend my offer of free music download to you, as I have done with rvpiano. :)

EDIT:

And I’d like to chime out of this thread if I may by stating - on topic - that to my ears the sound of my system does not vary. I "love it unconditionally". I find it difficult to "hate".
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