Putting Curtains in the Man-Cave

I think it is something audiophiles everywhere know, but few outside this tiny community really understand. Audiophile components, in order to get them to give you the realism we're all after, are like a beautiful but high maintenance spouse.  It takes a lot, I mean a lot to see their good side.  Treat them like the princesses they feel they are, and you will have the best one ever.  But one false move, and you are in the doghouse. Let me illustrate audiophile versions with a couple of examples: YOU are the starting motor ... There is a turntable from a British firm called Nottingham Analogue Studios called the "Ace Space Deck."  You see, the designers felt that the biggest barrier to superlative performance was a motor that was too powerful to run the platter causing degrading sonics.  To this end they made the motor barely strong enough to turn the platter once it was set into motion by its owners hand.  Seriously, it will sit there all day, g...