Putting Curtains in the Man-Cave

There is an old audiophile rule of thumb about the priorities when it comes to playback.  I mention it mostly because it is counter-intuitive. The basics go like this: The most important influence on quality playback is first the turntable, second the tonearm, and third the cartridge.  When an audiophile is feeling a bit pedantic they will sermonize about the quality of the recordings and how most recording engineers clearly have tin ears, or the producers of the records and artsts, yadda yadda yadda.  But rarely do they mention record cleanliness - I suspect because it is interesting in the way taking out the trash is interesting.  Both lead to a better experience if you do it than if you don't - but it isn't something that people relish doing. Dirty Grooves - the source of the "pops and "crackles" ill informed journalists think audio fans like.  A cleaner will remove them, and improve the sound I have wondered why clean records never really get...