I Take My Music Seriously

I stopped taking my music system seriously rather than dedicate my funds and my joy towards listening artists that I love. Use generic wires. Stopped hunting for different formats to evaluate sound quality. Tend to spend and add wise and economically avoiding purchasing new vinyl releases(they're all horrible anyways and cost arm and leg).
I figured that I'm able to listen to even 96mbps mp3 as long as I hear great performing artist that I like. Sometimes when I can't find preferred lossless format I would find ones with lower resolution and keep them till I find something better. I often go to tubes to view and find something new from the artists I love. My next system project is to build DIY musi server with capabilities beyond my Lenovo has. I dowload so much music that I developed a need of at least storage, but will invest onto quiet and nice music server that would totally replace any disk player.
My background is accordion and guitar and bass. Self-taught for the most. Was playing in my youth for a while as subway musician with small band switching between guitar, bass and accordion in 3-piece band Trombone/trumpet, Accordion/Bass/Acoustic Guitar and drums. I also have a background as a live sound and studio tech. Studied electronics as an electrical engineer, but dropped out being more visual and practical learner than scientist. I assist bands during performances in the technical crew and so far have a list of Black Crows, Cold Play, ACDC, Roxy Music, Cream and lots more less popular artists of various music styles and genres. If I suck as musician so let me help those who are much better than I am:-).

I play Air Guitar

My background in music is playing drums off and on over the years. I played growing up in school bands and a neighborhood band. I take music very seriously. I take my music system seriously. My love for impactful music is very powerful. Listened to my first quality system, back in the early 70's. I have just gotten to the point where my current system is living up to my expectations. I am becoming happy with my music system for the first time, even though I thought I had reached contentment before. (I was wrong) This time I learned that the "right" preamp and a "great" preamp must back up a strong amp-speaker match to have a musical system. I consider myself to be very music-oriented. Hard Bop is one of my music passions but I listen to other genres from Progressive Rock to Soul. Another thing I'm learning is that when your music system is not right it restricts the genres of music you listen to. When your system is right, you want to listen to your whole music collection and buy more new music.

Bit of a loaded question. "Too seriously" is a very subjective phrase. So is "very seriously" and so on. The closer you get to "too seriously", the less fun you're going to have. Am I having fun? Yes, until something goes wrong and I shake my rattle at the sky as Paul Simon so poignantly put it. I love playing with the gear so this is the cherry on top of my love for music. I'm mechanically inclined so it's the only hobby I find fulfilling since music as a stand alone interest increases exponentially with the accessories. I did study guitar at the conservatory for three years until my limitations caught up with me. My hands outgrew my ability, they're huge. So I guess our hobby is what dreams are made of. If I ever get dementia, I hope it's music I get lost in. You never know, it could be a dream come true.

It's one of my favorite things. I like to spend a lot of time listening to music. I enjoy it. I try to not take it too seriously. Music should be enjoyable! I take as seriously as needed towards that end.