The Forest for the Trees

One thing I enjoy more than anything else. I’m working on something, it’s not going quit to plan, and in the background that perfect song comes up,
on the MC, or a playlist, or in my head.. Go over listen for a minute, put the song on you were thinking about, and... It’s all better. Thing go better with music and dancing...... Cha Cha Cha!!!, I don’t care, I like it...

Regards

“I’m cleaning and Donna and I are listening to over 2,500 LPs now?”

You must have one helluva record changer!!

I read these posts more for amusement these days since I’m so pleased with my system. Gloat. It’s wonderful to reach a point where I can listen to tunes until 2 am without fatigue. It’s partially a mind set. I could upgrade here and there but I find it annoying. 
No plans to upgrade. Just want to listen and enjoy. 

I can manage mediocre music (for at least a little while) if the reproduction is good enough and if the music is good enough I can stand a pretty terrible recording, but when it's a great recording of great music I'm on top of the world.  I gotta say, too, that there's plenty of stuff out there that does ring both bells.  It's what powers my love of this hobby/obsession.  I never get tired of it.  I never burn out.

Like edcyn said, there's something about certain recordings, call it clarity, that really grabs my attention and takes a song to a different level. To me, it sounds like you could hear a pin drop in the recording studio. These recordings share instrument separation and zero muddiness or thudding base line. A few examples:
Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
Rhythm of the Rain - Dan Fogelberg
How Do I Live - LeAnn Rimes
I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt
Ride Like the Wind - Christopher Cross (listen to the clarity in the backing vocals by Michael McDonald)
Ribbon in the Sky - Stevie Wonder

Yes, several of these are very mellow piano based love songs which likely leads to clarity in the recordings, but the vocals are also extremely clear and unprocessed. For me, that "clarity" takes these songs to a different level and it's easy to get lost in them.