Doe you enjoy your listening to music and your system more with others or alone?


It’s no doubt that us as Audiophiles spend a lot of time listening to music by ourselves. It’s just the way
it’s, a hobby most others don’t understand. So do we prefer to listen by ourselves or is it more enjoyable 
with others? For myself, I generally enjoy listening by myself. Usually when another Audiophile friend is over listening it becomes more about the sound ( system ) than the music. Also, they only want to hear
music that brings out the best in the system and for myself let’s just listen to what’s playing. 
Non-Audiophiles tend to get bored easily if they don’t like the music, and can be even more picky about
what music you play for them. Non-Audiophiles put no value in the sound. They only want to hear their favorite music and that can be even more frustrating. At least acknowledge it ( sound ) even if you can’t hear the difference.
For myself it’s more enjoyable alone, but that doesn’t mean all the time, or does it?

hiendmmoe
I love sharing with other people but finding someone who appreciates things the same way is the challenge. Most people just don't get it. I would say when you find that rare unicorn that you can tell appreciates the effort... that is the best. When you broaden someone's view of this hobby. Otherwise, the majority of the time I would prefer to listen with my cat Agustus (we call him Mr. Poods).
@gents & tlong1958..."Hell is other humans"? *L*

It's rare to run into audiophiles in the 'real world', imh experience...
As for the 'f/m dear', spouse is my only 'regular', and she has her own take on what she likes and likes to listen to as well....

We compromise...she tolerates subwoof bass lines, and I tolerate her 'volume to 12' on occasion....*G*

A recent 'outburst' of late '50's and early '60's  'popular music' threw her into laughs when I not only recognised 3/4's of what played.

That I knew the parodies of some of them 'blew her mind'.

"Not all of them were well-loved by some, y'know...."

"My boyfriend's back, and you're going to be in trouble...(hey la, etc.)
He's psychotic as hell, and likes to use his shovel...."

Mowed Down Town....;)
Whoever is willing to enjoy it. Usually alone since I’m single. I have streaming services with which m my dinner guests can operate and DJ. Beware, you have to delegate the latter to those that have better judgment. Best guests are those that know how to operate a platter!!!
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