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Do Audiophiles really like music?

Or is this more of a hobby where they can over analyze the most minute details and spend more money to "get where they want to be". I have been in this hobby a long time now, and have been around live music for a greater part of my life. I've had a lot of equipment and have heard more systems and tweaks then I'd like to remember. But does any of this allow us to "get closer to the music", the reason we go to such lengths as most would admit. I've discovered the only thing that allows me to get closer to the music is to listen to more of it. Maybe I am growing up, or losing interest in losing even MORE hair over a hobby that's suppose to be enjoyable, but I'd rather listen to music then think of how I can improve my system.

What do you think? I briefly mentioned this in the past, do audiophiles really enjoy music, or is the music just an excuse to get better gear so they can "get closer to the music"?
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SOME of us LOVE music and listen to lots of real music; I know I do and many of my audiofool friends do too. I really enjoy listening to music on my multichannel system, and I usually hear at least one album an evening. I know the sound quality of my system makes that listening more enjoyable. IOW, if my system didn't have, for instance, the tonality I've worked hard for, I wouldn't enjoy the music as much.

But I also confess to watching my system more than I listen to it. I love movies, many of the Star Trek TV series that I have on DVD, etc., and watch them (but not 'TV', which I watch a half-hour per week, and that on tape) more than I listen to music. But that great-sounding multichannel system enhances the viewing experience, too.

My system gets closer and closer to being finished, I think...or at least I HOPE so!
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