How serious are you?

Depends how much your system is worth?

< $500 = sounds good to me

$1,000-$5,000 = Im readung reports and recommendations

$10,000 = audio Junkie

$25,000 = I love it and I'm happy

$50,000 = divorce dicussions

$100,000 = no.longer a hobby and obsessed

Probably a 3. I’ve not turned on my stereo in 4 months. Too hot to sit in a sweet spot and listen intently. I’m on the cusp of buying a new set of tube mono’s so I’m certain that’ll start the fire again. Winter is better for tubes and Class A listening. And I’m retired so I’ve got all the time in the world to catch up!

I am obsessed with listening to music and I regularly add more music to my collection. In terms of gear I’m off the carousel. My system is more than sufficient. If I see something that strikes my fancy I might be tempted but it really takes a lot. 
 

So in terms of music- I’d say a 9

In terms of new gear- 2, maybe 

@coltrane1 

Perhaps the next high end audio purchase should be air conditioning. 
 

@ghdprentice No one in the Northwest has AC. We rather suffer for the 10 days we get at 90.