What do you do when the music’s not speaking to you?

I know what you're talking about.  I play golf or go for a walk or a bike ride, that usually clears the mind.  Sometimes, if I can't decide the type of music I want to hear, I'll stream from Idagio's various curated mood/genre offerings and see what gets me interested.

I have a bit of that going on myself, I think this happens to me every spring. I just have to stop listening for a few days, or longer, until the need returns, it always does. I also attended AXPONA and just added some new speakers, too much critical listening has added to the problem.

I do something else.

I've never had a conversation with my system. My dogs maybe, but it has to be in Spanish.

The closest I've come to that is when I just cannot decide what music to put on, so I just watch a series or a movie on the telly instead.