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Anybody own a component that sounds better with the cover off?

I'm not a big tweaker at all but recently I've been figuring out a problem I've have with my Lamm LP2 and now that it's fixed I've been listening with the cover off and then on and then off again and it just sounds better with it off. Things just seem tighter sounding. More precise. 

I've gone back and forth so I don't think I'm imagining it. It's not like I'm putting crystal on top of the speakers or anything :)
dhcod
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tomic601
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pretty much any of the old style tube amps w cages, even the well executed e.g. Music Reference RM-9, Mac 240….

For those needing to retain the cover, i can highly recommend two different products: HRS damper blocks, VPI Magic Brick. There are others including DIY
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three_easy_payments
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Art Dudley would frequently comment that his Shindo tube gear sounded best with the cages removed.  
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tomic601
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Art Dudley - RIP. Now that cat was the real deal
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My Speakers sound better w/o covers
chorus
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Cages resonate. 
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