Am I out of my mind? #obsessed

@millercarbonThanks man, appreciate your posts. BTW, I picked up some of those Nobsound springs and sandwiched them between two butcher blocks to try under my turn table. They worked! No more vibrations! Well, far less vibration anyway. I’m noticing they work better with only half of the springs they come with. I’ve ordered 2 more sets of 4 to play around with under my speaker stands and maybe my subs! So thank you again for being a proponent of those!

You're welcome. The springs you will probably find sound best when compressed a lot, more than half for sure. With four under my 63 lb turntable they sound best with only 3 springs per unit. The springs are small but very stiff! I've experimented with several different much larger springs, all work best when compressed at least half way.

As for paint, I was for years almost totally obsessed with Porsche- driving, showing, everything. Won my class at a multi-region PCA concours. NOT an easy achievement by any means! That was a long time ago. Technology advances. For automotive paint there may now be some nano or ceramic tech that is more durable. For appearance though nothing beats the depth, luster and gleam of carnauba.  

With black however you really do need to be obsessed. The year I won there was another car, newer, absolutely perfect black paint. When I say absolutely, the paint was so perfect you couldn't even see it! You would see the sky, the clouds, buildings, whatever was reflected. Several times I caught myself thinking I was looking at the paint. Then a mote of dust would land, give my eyes something to focus on. Only the did I realize it was the reflection and not the paint I was looking at. Its almost impossible to describe how perfect this car was. 

(Obsession: they had a guy with a very old cotton T-shirt perched on lookout. So much as a dust mote lands and the guy is up and the dust mote is gone. Seriously. There's obsession. And then there's Porsche.)

The next year, same owner, same car, nowhere near as good. Oh, it was much better than probably anything you ever saw in your life. But not as good as that. The year he won and was perfect I asked him what did you use? He said they brought half a dozen different waxes as depending on temp and humidity blah blah blah. Okay but which one did you use? Griot's Best of Show. Okay. And the next year? Something else. Very famous. Starts with an "M".
So anyway Best of Show for the premium finish. Personally, me, I just keep the lights down nice and dark. You never ever in your life will find a flaw by the light of the lava lamp.

Make sure the wax is Carnauba Wax (VERY HARD)

Yes. The Griot's Garage Best of Show wax is one of the highest carnauba wax contents you can find. That is exactly why I recommended it.

If you're noticing micro scratches then you're going to need to learn to take care of your speakers as one would a concours winning car. The care is the same for both. Having both judged and won Porsche concours I know what it takes.  

First you need to stop putting scratches in the finish. Probably all you're seeing is what you yourself put there. Two ways: using a poor quality micro fiber towel, and/or pressing hard enough to cause the dust to scratch. The best duster is an old 100% cotton T-shirt that has been washed a million times. Next best is premium quality micro-fiber like from Griot's Garage. 

What you're seeing right now is so fine that if you try and remove it with a glaze you will find it only getting worse. Most advice you are likely to get is from guys who know even less about auto paint than audio. I've seen black paint so perfect your eyes wouldn't focus on it. There was nothing to focus on- it was more perfectly reflective than a mirror! 

You are not going to do this, it is only going to make people freak, but what you do is get a random orbital, fine polishing pad and something like Griot's Machine 4. This works great, its the first thing I did to my used sub, but this is where we separate the men from the boys. 

If you're too scared to go for perfect next best is Best of Show Wax. If your hairlines are as faint as I suspect they are this will fill and disappear them. This absolutely must be removed with the best micro-fiber cloth you can find, or the towel itself will put in even more scratches than you were trying to remove. 

Then if you are smart you will see just how much work is really required to maintain your impossibly high standards and stop obsessing over every little dust mote. You may also come to understand the wisdom in the saying you don't own a black car, it owns you.