This post is a lot more complicated than meets the eye (ear?)...
To questions similar to, 'why do you keep doing what you dowhat keeps you going?' three suberb classical artists responded:
Nathan Milstein: because I love the violin
Anton Rubinstein: because I love the sound of the piano
Marilyn Horne: because I love the sound of my voice
Why not 'because I love Bach, because I love Chopin' or 'I love music'?
If it were all about the music, then maybe a cheap radio/ghetto blaster/discman would suffice...unless of course, music AND sound are what matter.
Just my two cents...