SQ vs. Music

No matter what anyone says, the lure of sound for sound’s sake is huge in this hobby. It’s almost a definition of it.
However, for most of us, I believe the greatest pleasure in the world is to be happy at how much the music we’re enjoying also has good sound, not the other way around.

The pursuit of perfection sometimes spoils excellent...

I agree with tomcy6. I listen for the music that I'm in the mood for, but I have to admit that that is partially influenced by the quality of the recording, but not always.

Then let the excellent be spoiled !

The two are totally separable.
I only listen for the SQ (and a select number of albums) when I am in the process of updating something (maybe a month or two every 4/5 years - especially now with the lockdown).
I don't care for SQ if I listen to Bob Dylan, the Clash or Coltrane. The car system will do just fine. Music which in most cases is of much much much inferior SQ to stuff that is produced today.