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Why does my system sound better??

I unplugged my stereo to change back to my old speakers. Old speakers sounded better than I remembered. I unplugged stereo again and put back original pair and they sounded better than I remembered. This is not a scientific. My question is by turning off ones stereo system do you degauss the power cables in some way. I have a PS 1000 power plant but it does not have the degauss software. I do leave my stereo on all the time. Mike
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phd
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I think the answer here might be that after components are on for a while, the circuits stabilize, they reach their optimum operating temperature & the sound will usually change for the better, could be for the worse. It may be you like the sound better before this happens!
timrhu
2,779 posts
 
Probably your imagination.
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zargon
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Old speakers sounded better than I remembered.
This is quite possibly true!

New speakers sounded better than I remembered.
This is probably true since you just listened to the old ones, and the new ones sounded so much better!
rockvirgo
587 posts
 
When cold some power amps boost the bias until they warm up thus making speakers sound sweeter. But my vote's for your imagination and its unlimited bias :^)
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hbarrel
342 posts
 
I'll second both timrhu and zargon's hypothesis.
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