I'm just curious how much time people here spend listening to their system in a typical week. I spend about 2 hours/day during the week and 4 hours/day on the weekend, so that's 18 hours/week total.
pre marriage = 3 to 4 hours min. per day weekdays and way more on weekends. I'm not a big tv watcher.
early marriage = maybe 10 hours total for the entire week....lots of newlywed nookie going on :p
15 years married = lost my dedicated room to her "formal" living room wish.(system scaled down and shoved up against the wall now. :{ ) Mind you we have a large family room well appointed, and open to the kitchen, that is always the gathering space! Plasma, fireplace, lots of comfy seating, etc.
Now that my once fantastic sounding dedicated room is remodeled and full of over-sized leather furniture, coffee tables, end tables, ottomans..........read "clogged up with stuff"....... maybe, maybe once every 2 weeks I'll rearrange "stuff" and pull Maggies out from wall for a 2 hour session.
Geez, for a former musician this is an absolute nightmare! But, ain't marriage grand? all about compromise? at least at my expense eh?
At work on average 7 hours/day. I have two residential design showrooms and we have full-showroom sound throughout both with separate controls by room and office. Mostly listen to XM stations. Some terrific listening. We've been glued to the "Jam Band" station the past couple of weeks.
At home I don't get as much opportunity to listen to either of my systems since my wife appreciates family time with her and my 7 y.o. daughter (so do I). I try to squeeze in at least 4 hr/wk serious listening time via my main system.
Dred: FWIW my wife could care less. We are together, she is enjoying the movie and I am enjoying the music. The only caveat is that she keep the volume of the movie at a reasonable level. It has worked well.
Puerto, What an interesting way to be with her and still listen. I think my wife would still object but I might try this. Also, brings back vivid memories of a great ad by Koss-the husband is listening and she is doing her thing. Can anyone provide that image for those that might have missed it? Ed
About 2 hours a day - a good headset (Sennheiser) turned out to be my best friend because my wife enjoys movies in the evenings. I can watch the picture and listen to my music at the same time. You would be amazed at how much of a movie you can follow without the dialogue!!
I am retired and do have more time to listen. I rarely let a day go by without sitting down and putting something on. I do find myself getting a little burned out if i don't take a break now and then. Changing the type of music also keeps me engaged.
I often work at home, so system almost always running in "background" -- 6-8 hours a day. "Critical" listening happens much less, sadly, maybe 5 hours a wk. John
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