what system musicians prefer? Do they care?

Funny and true story:

In 1980 I was able to spend some time at Ted Nugent's house in central MI. I was 18.  He had a slate fireplace hearth that went wall to wall- elevated about 8" off the floor level as was the style in 1960s houses in that area.  On that hearth he had about 10 guitars on stands. His Birdland, a few Les Paul hollow bodies, and some I didn't know enough about to recall correctly.  What caught my eye was his stereo system: An SAE rack about 5' tall. All black. All SAE. I don't recall the speakers. 

In his Bronco he had Maxell UD XL II tapes- all of himself. I asked him about that and he said he plays them to "practice in my head".

@daveyf 

  The musicians of which I speak have certainly been exposed to fancier systems.  More importantly they know what music really sounds like, because they regularly attend concerts and of course perform them.  They just don’t feel the need for a HE system.  YT off their phone works fine for them.

  This thread is so old that I hadn’t realized that I had essentially made the same post 4 years ago 

I saw a reel on Instagram a few weeks ago with Sting from the Police playing some vinyl on his system. He had a D'Agostino integrated.

I guess as long as it goes to 11 I'm happy.

Funny and true story:

In 1980 I was able to spend some time at Ted Nugent's house in central MI.

@yesiam_a_pirate , but the OP was asking about what MUSICIANS listen to.