First the neverending search for great music to listen to. So yes building up your music collection absolutely. Enjoying what you have that is perfect to your ears is only one aspect of this hobby.
I am also very interested in the history of audio and spend time and money learning and listening to less than perfect but fascinating vintage equipment.
This hobby is not only about figuring out an absolute perfect system. You very well know that such a thing cannot exist as long as each person has to decide that what they hear from that system is perfect. It is impossible. Cheap or costly by any manufacturer except by one perhaps and for that you must have faith.
I am also very interested in the history of audio and spend time and money learning and listening to less than perfect but fascinating vintage equipment.
This hobby is not only about figuring out an absolute perfect system. You very well know that such a thing cannot exist as long as each person has to decide that what they hear from that system is perfect. It is impossible. Cheap or costly by any manufacturer except by one perhaps and for that you must have faith.