On or Off?

[Dre_J]

How do you listen to your music system when you have control of the lighting?

Lights on or off?
Something in-between?
It depends?

Let us know.

Feel free to expand on any poll selection you make in this thread. I'm looking forward to some of your responses

Note: if you participate in the poll, please use an 80% or greater threshold for selecting On or Off

Dre

 

[still-one]

I would say 95% of the time the lights are on.

 

[NorthStar]

Lights on. ...Dimmed though.

 

[joeinid]

I would say 95% of the time the lights are on.

I'm just the opposite. Usually very low lighting.

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

I voted it depends and for 2 reasons. Time of day, since I can't really control the lightning in my room. Secondly, I have to be in the right frame of mind.

 

[Dre_J]

I voted it depends and for 2 reasons. Time of day, since I can't really control the lightning in my room. Secondly, I have to be in the right frame of mind.

Good point John. I'll edit my post to try to reflect "when you have control of lighting"

Thanks,
Dre

 

[audioarcher]

I voted something in between. Reason is I spin LP's most of the time and I need to see what I'm doing when flipping or changing a record. I just use enough light at the TT to get the job done. If I had a remote controlled light I might turn off the light when seated.

 

[Bruce B]

Lights very dim. There are too many people already listening with their eyes!

 

[Steve Williams]

Always off although my Lutron Grafik Eye has 4 scenes programmed with all lights dimmed to different degrees. The 2 GM-70 output tubes give off light equal to 125 watts so ebven if lights are off the tubes compensate. Also I use my Bliss Laser lights depending on the genre of music being played

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

If (and that happens pretty regularly) I'm into my Prog Rock mode....the lights are OFF. I get enough light coming through the McIntosh logo to make my way to my setup without issue. I also have a light shining on my TT that I can turn on to safely change sides.

 

[Steve Williams]

Here's mine with lights off and glow of tubes and with laser lights on

 

[RogerD]

Lights off except for the VU meters running and that's too much.

 

[Steve Williams]

I often put pillows in front of my amps

 

[Mike Lavigne]

i like 'dim'....i have an 'up-firing' can light with a 15 watt bulb behind each speaker.....which works great. i can see to navigate around the room, grab Lps or Cd's easily. and with visitors there is a comfort level that i like. total darkness puts my mind in too active a mode.

here is an old pic of my room with those 'up-firing' lights. it's cheap and easy to do. i leave them on 24/7 and replace those 15 watt bulbs 3 times a year.

 

[NorthStar]

Oh, and during daytime always with the lights turned off.

* Are pictures a requirement?

 

[Shaffer]

I voted for depends. Sometimes I dim the lights, sometimes they're off. No matter how dark the room, my Krell integrated lights the way with its display (and it's dimmed by 50%). Any change in the amp's working parameters lights the thing for 30 seconds.

 

[mbskeam]

with the lights off you can have your very own light show.....

this is what I tell my daughter when she asks why I am sitting in the dark listening to music.





aahhh....the sweet glow of thermal emissions

 

[DaveyF]

Lights off. Unless I'm reading the new S'phile or Absolute Sound, then lights still off, LOL. ( Kidding!)

 

[GaryProtein]

The light in my room varies depending on the time of day. Obviously during the day it is brighter than at night.

I never measured the luminance before tonight. I don't always have the same lights on in the room. Depending on what lights are on, the night time luminance varies between 0.5 and 2 candelas per square meter. I supposed that could be considered dim to moderate. As a means of comparison, the luminance over my kitchen table is about 250 candelas per square meter which is fairly bright compared to most peoples'.

I'll measure the listening room luminance tomorrow during daylight hours.

One of the benefits of having used the Zone System for B&W [that's Black and White, NOT Bowers and Wilkins

] film photography is having various light meters!

Some of you guys have quite a light display!


EDIT: I just measured the luminance this morning. Outdoor light is in the room but not streaming in the windows due to all the trees around and there are about 10 candelas per square meter--still not too bright. The only time there is light directly streaming in is in the winter when the leaves are down and the time is shortly after sunrise.

 

[cpp]

It depends, is it night or day?, is the spouse home or not ? and how do I really feel ?