What Is This Hobby?

I believe this hobby to be a stimulation on the pleasant side of 2 of the 5 senses.Also a gateway to the other 3 in subtle yet positive movements much like a quality meta-physical push.Other than the trips to Fedex of course,cheers,Bob

It isn't a hobby to me. The word "hobby" being used here is a misnomer for me at least. What this is for me is buying and assembling an audio system so that I can enjoy hearing high quality playback of music. The real "hobby" is collecting and listening to music. Once my system provides me with high quality playback of good music, I plan to enjoy the music, and the buying of equipment will finally, finally be over. It's hard to get there however, because assembling a great sounding system that provides high quality music playback is not as easy as some think. (including me when I started buying better equipment)

This isn't a "hobby." It's a "quest!"

T_Bone

we've moved on a bit from chalk... better buy yourself a portable black light. A wonderful thing still for more humid climes.

Foster_9, I like your description of what "this" is and your use of hobby. Why is it difficult to assemble a high quality system?

I'm with Foster_9.

My hobby is listening to good music, not dabbling with toys.

Also agree that it can be time consuming to get right so I suppose the time and dedication spent dabbling to get it right qualifies as a hobby, though it is a means to another end.