I've found that there is less background interference with the laser mechanism if I operate my cd player in an optically sealed enclosure. I had one custom made exactly to the specific dimensions of my cd player so that I can still operate it with the remote and load/eject cds. It cost me a little over $8k, because I had it carved from solid obsidian in order to acheive true "blackness". I can definitely hear a difference whenever I play any of my cds. (Except for Madonna's "Ray of Light", must have some inherent luminescent properties or something...)

[black]-"The further we go and older we grow, the more we know, the less we show."[/black]