Night-time listening with lights off

[TooCool4]

I like listening to music at night with lights off, less distractions. I Like using just my ears and of course with a nice glass of red close by.
The Farad Super3 LED is a bit bright, I must do something about that one.

Anyone else enjoy this?

Images below shows what I see with the lights off and what it looks like in daylight.

Night


Day

 

[MadFloyd]

I love listening in the dark too, but I can't enjoy it with bright LEDs... gotta tame those!

 

[TooCool4]

I am with you on that one MadFloyd, I don’t know how people sit in the dark with Mcintosh amps.

 

[Hear Here]

And what do you listen to in the dark? Something scary I hope

 

[TooCool4]

And what do you listen to in the dark? Something scary I hope

Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark

 

[cjfrbw]

An alternative is using one of the sleeping masks that also give a bit of accupressure the the eyes and keep them shut without effort. Completely dark, and it is an interesting way to listen without even turning off the lights.

 

[Bobvin]

I love listening in the dark too, but I can't enjoy it with bright LEDs... gotta tame those!

I like to use small white button felts that you buy to place under items like lamps to protect from marking up coffee/end tables. The smallest ones stick over bright LED bulbs and still allow a bit of diffused light to pass through, so you get a bit of a glow instead of a headlamp-in-your-eyes. And the adhesive is usually mild and doesn’t stick to your gear when removed.

 

[Bobvin]

I like just a bit of light in my room so the landscape lights outside don’t create too much contrast.

 

[Mike Lavigne]

my typical serious listening approach.....about 40% of the time......anytime of the day or year. my eyes resting but not shut tight. allows my mind to reach the 'zen' place. i'm relaxed and in a comfort zone. and this works if i have visitors too, they can navigate in the room, but find their own state of comfort.

if i'm digital 'only' (close to bed time) then those LED lamps above the tt's and RTR decks are off. and those LED's are not as bright as the camera is picking up here. unless i have a light colored pressing that gets reflective.

i don't care for pitch black listening, too distracting. your mind gets a bit defensive about what you don't know. it's the way we are all hard wired.

 

[Kingrex]

I have low light in the room too. Use Lutron MA1000 dimmers. They have excelent filters and don't polute your power. 600s will work also.

Beautiful room Bob. I have wanted to reach out and meet when I'm in Portland. I believe your room is the one I watched the build out on.

 

[marty]

I like to use small white button felts that you buy to place under items like lamps to protect from marking up coffee/end tables. The smallest ones stick over bright LED bulbs and still allow a bit of diffused light to pass through, so you get a bit of a glow instead of a headlamp-in-your-eyes. And the adhesive is usually mild and doesn’t stick to your gear when removed.

I do the exact same thing except my felt dots are brown or green! Gear pilot lights are a complete distraction.

 

[TooCool4]

Nice rooms Bobvin & Mike Lavigne

 

[PeterA]

I used a hole punch on some photographers blackout tape to make very small black tape circles which I used to cover some of my lights, but the rack is off to the side so I don’t really see them anyway.

I used to have cardboard sheets inserted into my amplifiers faceplate to cover the big Pass Labs oculus meter. Now with my new speaker positions, the speakers are in front of the amps so there’s just a slight glow in the front of the room and I do not see the lights directly. The amps illuminate the back of my speakers creating a soft glow.

 

[Bobvin]

I have low light in the room too. Use Lutron MA1000 dimmers. They have excelent filters and don't polute your power. 600s will work also.

Beautiful room Bob. I have wanted to reach out and meet when I'm in Portland. I believe your room is the one I watched the build out on.

Ping me when you’re going to be in the neighborhood.

 

[cjfrbw]

LOL! I have many components back asswards now, so it is easy to swap cables and reach buttons. It also places the lights towards the wall where they provide soft, diffuse accents instead of pointed lasers. i think light amber is the best audio light. I put dark orange-amber LEDs into my Yamaha B2 and they really were the most relaxing types. I hate direct blue lights the most, but when shone onto the wall, they are OK.

 

[djsina2]

My Audio Tekne amp has a neon (gas) indicator light. Looks much better than eye piercing LEDs.

 

[HughP3]

I like just a bit of light in my room so the landscape lights outside don’t create too much contrast.

very nice!

 

[Ron Resnick]

. . . i don't care for pitch black listening, too distracting. your mind gets a bit defensive about what you don't know. . . .

+1

I like the lights to be quite dim, but I am still able to see.

 

[TooCool4]

I think the warm glow of valve amps would be good in situations like this, or a nice open fire place would be nice too.

 

[christoph]

I don’t know how people sit in the dark with Mcintosh amps

IIrc the backlight on the McIntosh meters can be switched off.
But then again, when someone buys McIntosh gear, the pale blue light is probably a big part of the appeal