Everyone has their own taste. Some people like tubes, some don’t. Some people like speakers that are warm and musical while others find those same speakers to be veiled and muffled. Some people take their joy from putting together the best equipment they can while others are not so particular about that. Trying to define for someone else how they should listen to music doesn’t really work
"audiophiles listen to their equipment"
That quote is misattributed to Alan Parsons, as I understand. Anyway saying there's a problem with wanting good sound is like saying an instrument designer, aiming for beautiful sound, could not possibly be a music lover and is only interested in the sound of the instruments. I.e. the sound is inseparable from the music. For me the beauty of the sound, good microdynamics, and so on, are the "doors" to the meaning of the music.