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

Sue Foley is highly underrated. 

Nope.

I'm a music lover, not an audiophile (a bit of a gearhead, maybe...).  I've been to thousands of concerts, music of all kinds.  I am spending more time in concert halls and less in bars as I grow older, though.  I like being part of a crowd that is there for the music and the musicians.  No sound system can replicate that feeling.

I've been to hundreds of of live music events. I realize that this is blasphemy to many in our hobby but my system sounds better than any concert I've ever been to - including classical music. I don't listen to live music for the sound quality because usually, it sucks.

Your interesting post strikes a nerve for me because I've always felt that my objective was not to recreate the sound of live music. In fact, that's laughable. My focus has been on getting the best sound that I can get out of good quality recordings.

Part of my frame of reference is that I had a recording studio for about a decade in the  90's where I recorded local bands ranging from female singer/songwriter to doom metal. I loved going to the shows of the artistst I recorded but I can assure you that my recordings of them had far better sound quality. The recordings also had an added benefit - I could listen without earplugs!

That doesn't mean that I didn't like seeing live music. I love the experience of watching and listening to good musicians play in real time. But listening to my stereo is a different, and equally satisfying, experience.

The two are so different I stopped comparing them to avoid disappointment.  The concert is a visual and physical experience, and the sound is much different from my home system, obviously worse. Still fun to see the other people and the band live.  Can not be compared though to sitting at home with our systems.  It is important to distinguish between an amplified concert and a smaller live acoustic type event.  Again, those are very different.  

I can't leave before short complaint on how loud the concerts are now.  

I still like going to concerts but not nearly as often as I did back in the day.  About 4 a year now.  As I’ve gotten older I go to fewer concerts while my music systems have gotten better with time and more disposable income.  My best systems sound better but there’s nothing like seeing a great band live.