What do you care about in this hobby?

With over fifty years of putting together hi and lo-fi audio recording playback systems I’ve enjoyed two distinct endeavors of this crazy hobby. The first is the research and deal making that comes with finding the proper equipment for my needs. In college it was all about getting the best speakers and a good stereo or quad receiver to drive them with. Four track recordings were a huge thing back back In the seventies where everyone had a turntable, and decent reel to reel tape deck recorders were plentiful and not that expensive. The artists and their music were far more important than the gear that played the music. 
 

 Now it seems to me that the acquisition of higher and higher end gear has defined the landscape of what used to be music enjoyment for its own sake. Yes sound quality is very important in its own right. But I can enjoy good music listening through a crappy car radio or in a dedicated listening room or home theatre. 

Sweet, reserved, delightful You. @erik_squires ?! 👀🤦‍♂️✨*BOOM!*

"E's off his meds again....*sigh*  Bring out the net and the long-sleeved canvas coat...."  

Shark glove time....😏

Oh, yeah....#'s 1 through 8....
Enjoyment primarily....making my modest investments punch above their weight....diy-ing a speaker type that I enjoy but the commercial versions are out of reach or too old and compromised to restore without factory assist.
So I'm literally rolling my own cones creating a personal variant just because I can.
It's involving, 180 out from what I've used to do.

One concept that intrigues is a line source version, just for grins....modules stacked, flipped at the top end....'bout 72" tall overall with some subs.
Thinking a sub swarm might be interesting with 4 line columns...

...not the usual bucket filler, but someone's got to do it. *L*

The music. I'd listen on an old boombox if that was all I had. What would our systems be without it? Some of you are getting bored because you don't like new music. You complain about nothing to listen to. So you recycle and classics are fun but, only to a degree. It's always been the music. Remember how you loved to enhance that new album with your system.

fun factor and tinker-ability