Maybe leave your system on for several days and see if you still experience the variation- especially if you have tubes in your system.
I hate to use the "C" word, but capacitors are strange little critters. A buddy of mine back in the 80's told me that they mechanically adjust themselves and can make a system sound dull until they have had time to form. Fact or myth, I know that if the amp/preamp has been turned off for several weeks the system will sound dull for a day or so.
But even back then, my buddy's tube amps would some nights sound dull and they attributed it to the caps.
I hate to use the "C" word, but capacitors are strange little critters. A buddy of mine back in the 80's told me that they mechanically adjust themselves and can make a system sound dull until they have had time to form. Fact or myth, I know that if the amp/preamp has been turned off for several weeks the system will sound dull for a day or so.
But even back then, my buddy's tube amps would some nights sound dull and they attributed it to the caps.