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

i have been a long time patron and supporter of sfjazz in san francisco, also served on their board of trustees for some time - the dedicated venue is extraordinary, with several performance spaces all sonically very good to excellent - given this i enjoy taking in live performances of local and world class talent there often 

there are also other nice live music venues in the sf bay area, from yoshi’s to the blue note napa (for pop soul and jazz that i enjoy mostly)

when it is a wonderful live performance the energy, crowd reaction and sheer beauty of live musical moments being created in front of your eyes and ears surpasses what even a great hifi can do

all this said, great live performances aren’t available every day, but for just a few days in a year if we are lucky, and the hifi rig gives us commensurate joy in the convenience of our homes

I prefer my home rigs with one exception, that being performances at the Hollywood Bowl. Check out how the Bowl acoustic engineers make that most unique venue work for every musical genre.  You tube video on “How they make the Hollywood Bowl sounds.  I’m fortunate in that we leave just a 50 minute drive away from that marvelous music venue. 
Enjoy the music. 

The OP didn’t specify a genre.

I listen to Classical and as much as I love my system nothing is going to approximate the sound of a full live orchestra in a real hall.

  I think with electronic pop music, since so much of it is processed at a mixing console before it is emitted through the speakers at the venue, this is much less important.  And yes I much prefer the lower volume for pop music 

I built our Legacy Audio system with the full intent of duplicating live concerts. 10,000 watts. 1000 watt per channel mains (Focas SE’s w/Legacy I:V2), 600 per channel (Marquee Center, Phantom Sides, Deco Rears w/Legacy I:V5) for the Center, Sides and Rears. Lyngdorf MP-40 and Oppo Player. I have four Subwoofers. All four being Legacy Foundations. Each has 1000 watts of amplification. 

We invite couples over and have "Rock out" nights. 2-hour video concerts. Most concerts are around 113-115 DB. I set the Lyngdorf to about -2 to 0 volume which nests 113 db. 2 hours later the amps are just barley warm, and we never get that "heated" smell that comes with underpowered non capable speakers. I previously had the Top of the line Ascend Acoustics with Raals and that system (power was the ATI Signature Series 6000 @ 300 per channel). The Ascends just could not take the volume. They got hot, as did the Amp. I ended up ruining the Raal Tweeter in one of the mains and had to ship it back to be repaired. Dave told me that tweeter was BLACK. Told me he had never seen one like that. BTW, my go to disc is Eagles @ Melhorn. After the first song I get "Why would you EVER go to a concert, this is better! 

tomcarr What are your favorite disc? 

@nitrobob - With all possible and sincere props and respect for what you have accomplished with your system, as well as envy for your “rock out” nights, I have seen the Eagles twice and I could never envision a scenario where I would choose listening to them on a home audio system compared to seeing Joe Walsh rocking out in person.  However, based on the responses to this thread, my opinion appears to be in the minority. I am cool with that since this is of course a home audio focused forum. Rock on!