I love Joe Bonamassa's recordings, especially those where he plays with Beth Hart. When he had a live performance near me, I bought tickets and went to see him. Boy, was I disappointed!! All of the instruments were over amplified well past the point of distortion, and the acoustics were abominable. Lyrics were completely garbled. Luckily, I had brought a pair of ear plugs and ended up using them or I would have suffered hearing damage. I was with three other people and all felt the same.
As to appreciating audiophile level equipment, how many people actually put on a recording, and then sit down and listen to it? In my experience, not many. Most simply use music as background. If one is going to put on music and then go do dishes in the kitchen, or dust the house, an audiophile system is pretty much a waste. If that's how you listen to music (and there's nothing wrong about that if that's your style) then an entry level system from Best Buy is perfectly sufficient. In short, this is a rather esoteric hobby that just doesn't interest most people, and that's okay! When I start holding forth about sound stage, imaging, tight bass, and room reflections, most of my friends eyes begin to glaze over and I just shut up.