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The Night Air

Most of us have noticed that our system sounds better during certain days, and most often always sounds better at night. I always wondered whether this was an illusion created by eliminating the "visual distortion" easier in the dark, or whether the negatively charged atmosphere really had an effect on sound. After all, AM radio frequencies travel farther at night due to atmospheric changes.

This also brings questions as to barometric pressure, humidity, and elevation and their effect on components and sound quality. I have even wondered if reviews should contain at least sea level/elevation figures and whether you could draw any parallels from this information.

Could a room air ionizer have a positive effect on sound?
Do I need to move to Denver to get my equipment to sound its best?

Got to go....men in white suits are coming to take me away HAHA HEHE HOHO
128x128tgun5
ubglub
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I think the sound of my audio set up improved when I added a humidifier to the forced air HVAC system, used during the heating season of course. This was before I was aware of tweaks, and it took me by surprise. And no, I have NOT determined the optimal humidity level for sound enhancement!

But wait, isn't it DRIER in the mountains???

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johnk
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Your brains more relaxed at night ,ionizers have no effect on sound.And yes AC line in most places has less noise at night.humidity effects sound after all you are moving air when air is full of water it reacts diferantly.
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tgun5 OP
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I'm not sure my brain is ever relaxed :-)

I did notice that my ceiling fan affected the sound dramatically when on high. The bass was muddy and the system lost focus. Seriously.
sksos1
387 posts
 
Yes I'd like to revisit this thread 7 years later. A friend told me he's been experimenting with purifiers that ionize the air, this after reading some reviews of the Stein Harmonizers. Well he brought over a commercial ionizer and low and behold the sound in my listening studio became more relaxed and the soundstage expanded.....this after about 30 minutes once the unit was turned on. Wow....
Go on-line and you can get these ionizers for $50 - $300 try it out if you don't hear anything return it. It's the same principle as the Stein Harmonizers at a fraction of the cost.

(Dealer disclaimer)
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geoffkait
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Unfortunately for that argument the SteinMusic Harmonizer is not an ionizer. Not that there's anything wrong with ionizers.
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