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Re: Why is music more enjoyable with the lights off?

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One of the reasons is that the human mind tends to integrate perceptions of different "sources", so we unconsciously try to
integrate optical and acoustical impressions and make a "hypothesis"
about the world that's around us.

Another example: Psychological experiments showed that people tend to
believe they listen to music that sounds "brighter" if the light
is on and that it sounds slightly "darker" when it's dark, even if the music they listened was identical in both cases.
This is the same kind of reasoning why amplifiers with golden knobs
and cables with a silver coat sound better than standard types
because the human mind not only uses perceptions but also biasings and
former experiences in order to form a "hypothesis" and to interprete
perceptions.



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