davm Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) Can I suggest that it might be due to atmospheric pressure? I'm not certain, but I believe that when rain is around air pressure is often higher. This in turn can impact your hearing - acting on your sinuses amonst other things, which in turn changes the pressure in your inner ears. I have certainly experienced situations where my hearing is badly affected when my sinuses are blocked. This could perhaps be a more subtle variation on this effect. A bit loopy maybe, but putting it out there.... Edited January 21, 2013 by davm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b.d Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Would using a battery power amp and source for a few wet/dry session be an easy way to prove//disprove the grounding theory? I also was wondering if you were listening to the same albums (I tend to gravitate towards Scandinavian ECM recording on rainy days and they're pretty much all great recordings) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeling Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 When I was living in Perth in the 90's, I preferred dry & cold weather. My system sounded better. I did not like it when it rained. I concluded that it must be the humidity affecting my perception. Now I am back in Malaysia. Did not notice much difference between rain & fine weather - humidity pretty high all year round. Regards, Joe Ling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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