My solo single malt evenings, the ss monos get pretty toasty after 20 min at a non conversation level.
I close blinds, my 3 foot lava lamp, few of the wife’s smelly candles, after thumbing through my records and cds, I end up with a good stack of each, and center my self on couch, pop in a cd, drop an LP on the TT, and hit play on my CD player, and after 1030 or so the quiet is nice, so the system really opens up, until the wife runs out with stink eye, or calls out 10 mf’ers and a jagoff, from a slightly opened door.
Yup, the fun police just arrived.
happy listening