The music’s the thing but....


Yes, the music is the thing.  But before we became engrossed in this crazy hobby, it was the ONLY thing.  Now, I can’t listen to music on my system without the SOUND entering into the equation.  Unless it’s a patently historic recording, or mono, my enjoyment of the music is tempered by what the sound is like.  That was never the case before.  I can’t seem to enjoy the music if the sound isn’t right.  What a pity that is.
The music should come first, but unfortunately, it doesn’t.
 If I’m listening on a car radio or something, the problem doesn’t exist.
 Zoom, right to the music!
Such is the nature of our obsession.
rvpiano

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The fact is most people dont know what is a minimally natural or minimally musical sound, they are perpetually unsatisfied...The hyped of marketing is their guide...When you have a minimally musical audio system, you forget the sound most of the times for the music...I dont think it is possible now to upgrade at a reasonable cost...In the one thousand dollars sphere radius for the cost of all my gear, it will be impossible to really upgrade my actual choosen components...They are the best for the money and with adequate tweaks,better than some costly system... I remember before my tweaks I was very unsatisfied with the same gear and I look for all upgrade possible...Now I smile when I read about any product I cannot afford, because yes, I dream of it,but no, I am not frustrated that I cannot buy it...I smile because I have music for a low cost and I am proud of me and I love the sound of my system... Not the best in absolute term,but the best I know of at this price...And music is musically perceived with it... Even my wife who hates my obsession admit it ...  
Interesting Thread!  I agree with you ,all of you, and if I add my grain of salt, I had dreamed a hi-fi dream, infectious one contracted with an older  mentor friend when I was 20 years old... I am 67 years old and like already said someone here, it is the tweaks that transform a system in a hi-fi one more than the money most of the times...Now at 67 for the last year I had my dream come true : I had a really hi-fi system at low cost + many exceptional tweaks of my own design...

When I had an ordinary system I enjoyed my known  already loved music really but I dont explored unknown music at these times... With my hi-fi system I explore in all musical area because all music sound at his best...Great hobby! Great music!  And by the way I listen more to the music now than ever...I discover more music than in the past...My best to you all...