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Do you have to be “in the mood?”

Do you have to be in the mood to enjoy the music on your stereo, or does your stereo put you in the mood?  I find that if I put on my set just because I want to enjoy the sound coming out, I seldom have a very good outcome.  That expensive big beautiful rig over there invites you to play it.  But, playing it just for kicks doesn’t do it for me. I have to be really receptive to what I’m playing on it, otherwise I’m prone to all sorts of imagined defects. 
 Music reproduction is not an exact science.  There must be a “suspension of disbelief” in the realness  of the sound produced for me  to enjoy it,  much as we overlook the  implausible incongruities in movie plots so that we can enjoy a film.   I must be involved in the music itself to  appreciate  the sound and really enjoy my rig.
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Yes I do find I have to or need to be in a certain mood for it to be best appreciated.
But tbh that is one of the reasons I have more than one rig.

If NOT in the mood to be at one with the music and nothing but the music then I will likely have system 2 or 3 on playing.
Would not describe it as background music as I am still attentative but certainly not 100% as I would like to be on the main rig.
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