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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 :)
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zappas
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I leave my toilet lid off,and it works much better.
brauser
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I owned an Audio Research SP-8 years ago that definitely sounded better with the top panel off. Probably could have stayed on if the right kind of damping material had been used.
docknow
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This was first mentioned decades ago in The Absolute Sound, by Enid(?).  This might be why ARC has moved to plexiglass tops on their line stages.
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tomic601
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@docknow Enid Lumley, A quirky visionary.
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millercarbon
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Stereophile's Jonathan Scull was beyond anything so crude as removing covers. He claimed to torque and align the screws for the best sound.   

Of course he also claimed to be perplexed by a change in his system until he realized the cleaning lady had vacuumed his rug so the fibers were going the wrong way. Never quite sure if Scull was blowing smoke, or just inhaling a little too deep.
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