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

Geoffkait: We are a member of the silent majority. If my system sounds sub-par, I go away for a couple of days. It seems to fix itself!

Last evening the world outside my home was silent with 12” of freshly fallen heavy snow. It was so quiet 🤫 I could hear my breath freezing.
The evening was audio magic so I stayed up until 3:00AM listening to recordings that never sounded so good. Watching the snow falling outside definitely added to the audio magic. Was the power quality that much better or maybe just the quiet vibes?  Who cares?
Never waste an opportunity to enjoy good music when the conditions are that perfect.

Thank you. Let’s say it was the snow.

Yes, it happens to me. I’ve concluded its a human factor—fatigue or some of the other suggestions above. If I stay concerned more than a day, I play the two demo recordings I’ve used for 20 years when shopping or dialing in: Steely Dan’s Aja and Joe Henderson’s Lush Life. It never fails that I find everything’s still fine. Sweet relief. 

No, this is real, it happens to most of us and I have concluded there are two main contributing factors. 1. Source, quality varies from one media to another. 2. Finally all systems sound different depending on how long they have been left on. I have heard some systems sound better from a cold start where others sound much better the longer they are left on.