It’s a great question and one I grapple with. I am retired so have the potential for long hours of listening, but sadly I don’t. To really enjoy music I need to be alone and as my wife is also retired and we like to spend our days together I rarely have those moments. As in most UK homes, due to their diminutive size, we don’t have dedicated listening rooms, so the hifi and TV are in the lounge, the only relaxation room in the house, so the chances for time alone listening are sporadic. We occasionally listen together but usually our preferred joint activity is watching films and dvd box sets. So dedicated listening is a few hours a month.
We have a second great system firing through the dining area to the kitchen - now this gets lots of play whilst cooking!
How do you find time to enjoy your $$$ speakers and system?
Maybe this topic is more of recommendation and sharing ideas than a question. We invested in our hifi systems for years to get to a place where we appreciate what our systems sound. Now, how do you find time to enjoy listening to music if many of us work long hours and still need to take care of family, errands etc…I don’t remember when was the last time I spent more than 2 hours a week at the most to enjoy the system I spent $$$ to build. How do you find time to enjoy your system?