Been in this hobby for about 50 years. IME if you put a well balanced audio system together and use quality sources both digital and analogue, you can enjoy the music. The key is balance. A mid priced system that has components of similar cost and ability will sound better than a system that has one very expensive component which will reveal the flaws of the cheaper components.
Getting into the music
I’ve found, to my dismay, that it’s very difficult for me to listen to music for the music itself these days. Since I got into this audiophile game many years ago, little by little my musical appreciation has eroded to the point that I find it very hard to comprehend the music itself if it doesn’t sound good. Too often I’m listening for sonic delights rather than the message the composer is trying to convey. I find myself going from composition to composition looking for audio niceties. When something sounds good I can then begin to get into what the composer is saying.
As a former musician, this would have been unthinkable years ago. Music was everything to me.