Anyone else prefer listening to their system more than a concert?

Great post! I prefer my system at home. 2 exceptions; 

Iron Maiden - seen them 5 times. My very first concert when I was 15, and then again at 50. They were actually better this last go round. You cannot CANNOT create anything close to the mesmerizing energy that Maiden brings to their performances. Hypnotic as anyone who has seen them knows. 
 

TSO - just saw them Black Friday in Manchester, NH. We go every year and again the energy and the show they put on cannot be recreated.

Other than that, I’m perfectly content at home one on one with my system for many of the same reasons listed above by other members

I love both. The type of live gigs I have attended (and played in) over the decades are different than the larger concerts. Here  the musicians lug in their gear. They set it up. Everyone collects and the band plugs in and shortly thereafter lets it rip. It’s about passion, energy and pure exhilaration.  I love it. 

I don’t like live music, it doesn’t sound anything like the realism of my stereo system.

@ghdprentice  It’s unreal when they do that. I used attend a small club where local jazz bands played with no cover. Retired dudes, part-time music teachers. Live instruments. Massive dynamic range. Simply wonderful. Then the owner, with the best will in the world, installed those atrocious speakers with piezo horn tweeters. On stands. The sound was utterly destroyed. The color and soul eradicated. Loud, brittle, monochromium garbage. They do the same in our town when bands play on the village green in summer. I hate unnecessary amplified music with a passion. 

Small clubs or cafes of maybe less than 200 seats can be great and let the musicians really shine as well as a good symphony hall. Other than that, my home system sounds better than most live music I’ve recently heard & can play sufficiently loud in my big room while sounding really good to enjoy great rock or blues which are my preferred genres. 
 

Unfortunately, most larger rock venues today sound terrible w/ the now preferred digitally amplified & sound processed line arrays. They lose most of the nuanced beautiful tone & detail of the great sounding Marshall stacks or Fenders, percussion & vocals especially when there is more than 2 or 3 instruments / vocals playing at once. They generally sound hard, harsh & annoying & not very enjoyable. I recently have seen the great Tedeschi Trucks Band & the fun Leonid & Friends ( great all Russian Chicago tribute band) & the sound quality was awful! What a shame!