Not retired but single which obviously helps-usually get 2-4 hours a day, more on weekends |
Usually a 3-6 hour session 1-4 times a week. Not retired or independently wealthy so huge chunks of time wasted working for the man.
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What is this thing, "free time" of that you speak? I know not of this concept ... jk, sort of, well, not really ... My current lifestyle allows only one or two sessions per month, about 7 hrs per. That is about all of the free time I get right now. |
A lot.... sometimes through my speakers but lately I am listening to my Grado / Rupert Neve combo more especially at night . Combined probably 4 hours a day, weekends twice that. |
Retired and single, 6 to 8 hrs a day. |
Not retired, so the tube amp is fired up most days from 6p to 11:15 --first for background while we make dinner, then I get an hour or two in the sweet spot after she goes to bed. |
Retired, but i considerate part of my routine to listen everyday. Use free time to spend with wife.....lol
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I've been in music professionally since I was 15, owned 5 stereo stores and have been designing audio forever. Listening is very close to 24/7 for me and it feels like Christmas every day. mg |
Generally I get 5-6 hours a week. If I get 6-7 hours a week, I feel lucky. I have a teen and a 9 year old who keep my hands full with their activities. Also need to spend weekends with family. There are these rare weekends where I get to spend 2-3 hours late into the night, which screws up the next morning. But I am so thankful to my family who support me in my hobby.
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If I could figure out how to manage 24/7 of music I would! When home at least 3 hours an evening, weekend maybe 5 hours a day. Unfortunately I work away a lot so then down to streaming from my phone or laptop and earphones with subsequent loss in impact of my " big rig"! |
Being retired and living alone gives me more time than most. I wake, do the few daily chores, then sit and listen for hours and hours. I dislike the television so it gets a very limited amount of viewing time. As I type, the song "Riverman" sung by Kurt Elling from Lee Ritenour’s "Rhythm Sessions" just produced goose bumps. There’s not enough time for all I want to hear. I want perpetual goosebumps. |
I am in the retired category as well. I used to do shift work and was also on callouts so I became a night owl. When everyone is in bed at one end of the house I can go to the other end and listen for as long as I care to. So, for perhaps four to five hours a night is not unusual. Let us face it. There is not much on the idiot box so that is pretty much off the list. Music is relaxing and I often read with music on in the background. When I get something new (cables, music etc.) I tend to listen more. When I was working I listened a lot less as the telephone, pager, Nextel etc. dictated my life. However, the stereo is a means of entertainment and not a life-style or a power that needs to be obeyed meaning it does not control me as it can and does with some people I know. |
Maybe a couple hours a day. The thing is, I actually feel a bit guilty about spending time sitting in front of my stereo. I feel I should be socializing, getting exercise, doing chores or putting time into my musical instruments.
Yeah, I'm retired, but I actually listened to my stereo a lot more when I was working. As it happened, I spent many years reading movie scripts, novels and comic books(!) for a major movie studio. Through the Seventies, Eighties and early Nineties, the studio provided offices for me and my fellow readers on the lot but eventually, as a money-saving move, they tossed us off the lot and had us working from home, communicating via the newfangled internet. Suddenly, I was sitting in front of my stereo all day, reading brainless action movies, teen comedies and animated features. I agree it was a tough life...
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I listen to music at least 1-2 hrs a day. I get home well before my wife. This is my "me"time.
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I don't listen TO my stereo, I listen to music through it ;-). And when I'm not, I still hear music playing in my head, all waking hours. |
4-5 hours a day. I'm retired. |