Does anyone else notice this?

[DANDAN_THE_DANDAN]

At night, you don't need as high of a volume to reach the same loudness as you do in the day.

Is this just some auditory illusion or does the density of cold/warm air have something to do with this? I've always thought that the denser cold air means that the air particles don't need to move as much in order to transfer their energy to the next particle, but now that I think about it, this would in no way increase the amplitude of the sound waves and so denser air = louder sound is pretty illogical.

Is this just an auditory illusion then? Like, you don't want to wake people up with your device's sound so your standard for "loudness" is lowered?

Those are my two theories.

 

[DANDAN_THE_DANDAN]

@AbyssalMonkey Huh I always thought it was one or the other. Thanks for the insight, I really appreciate it.

 

[Killjoynik]

Do you find yourself turning your music up louder and louder the longer you listen? It's kinda like that. Your noisy pets and family and even outdoor life begins winding down, which makes it easier to pay attention to the little things.

 

[Official229]

@Killjoynik the part about turning your music up louder and louder the longer you listen to it is because your ear canal starts closing up the longer you listen to something loud, so when you start paying attention to your music after being focused on something else you find yourself wondering why it's so quiet, and therefore turning up the volume. At least I remember reading something about this somewhere once.

 

[Killjoynik]

@Official229 Ah, my bad. I used to listen to my music really loudly all the time, but stopped because I was having trouble hearing other people.

 

[hazzack]

i want to know what AbyssalMonkey said, where did his answer went to?

 

[Mr_Detective]

OMFG the duck is back! O.O It's still alive!

 

[hazzack]

OMFG the duck is back! O.O It's still alive!

yes, now with countermeasure against pecking duck treatment

 

[kohelemon]

At night, you don't need as high of a volume to reach the same loudness as you do in the day.

Is this just some auditory illusion or does the density of cold/warm air have something to do with this? I've always thought that the denser cold air means that the air particles don't need to move as much in order to transfer their energy to the next particle, but now that I think about it, this would in no way increase the amplitude of the sound waves and so denser air = louder sound is pretty illogical.

Is this just an auditory illusion then? Like, you don't want to wake people up with your device's sound so your standard for "loudness" is lowered?

Those are my two theories.

Actually since I'm a weird, secretive dude, I've noted two things:
1. When alone, things are clearer
2. When not alone, they're not
I think it's a focus thing, when alone, or at night, you're hyper-focused on what you're doing, nothing else is there to drown it out. But, when not alone and during the day, there's a buncha other noise.