What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to?

This brings up a fundamental difference--do you listen for the emotional experience that music evokes, or to hear the detail of the janitor sweeping in the room next to the studio ;-) Now it is not that simple but music over a car radio can evoke an emotional experience, but clearly listening for detail is an intellectual experience.

Learning to play an instrument is intellectual/left brain, but I suspect for musicians it is more an emotional/right brain experience.

Wilson speakers tend to be favored by musicians. Note the above post. Possibly one of the reasons I like mine. Musicians ears are like most, they want to hear what sounds good… to them. The reference point might be a little different, but the goal is the same.

 Oh weir has Macintosh gear. Dan Rather interviewed him in front of the rack.  It sure about the speakers though. 

I don't know about musicians but the studious I have been in are filled with Bryston  components.

Joanna Newsom. She stated in one of her rare interviews that she has a "tube-based system with decent speakers",(didn’t advertise any brand names), and finds it funny that her actor husband, (Andy whatever), likes to walk around the house with his ear buds blasting. I read this interview around the time of her release of "Divers." Can’t find the link right now. BTW, ALL of Joanna’s albums have been recorded in old school analog. Go get them.