Doe you enjoy your listening to music and your system more with others or alone?


It’s no doubt that us as Audiophiles spend a lot of time listening to music by ourselves. It’s just the way
it’s, a hobby most others don’t understand. So do we prefer to listen by ourselves or is it more enjoyable 
with others? For myself, I generally enjoy listening by myself. Usually when another Audiophile friend is over listening it becomes more about the sound ( system ) than the music. Also, they only want to hear
music that brings out the best in the system and for myself let’s just listen to what’s playing. 
Non-Audiophiles tend to get bored easily if they don’t like the music, and can be even more picky about
what music you play for them. Non-Audiophiles put no value in the sound. They only want to hear their favorite music and that can be even more frustrating. At least acknowledge it ( sound ) even if you can’t hear the difference.
For myself it’s more enjoyable alone, but that doesn’t mean all the time, or does it?

hiendmmoe
I much prefer being curled up with my gf,watching a concert video or listening to something quiet while talking(yea actually talking face to face hahahah) as opposed to listening alone...As for friends & her,most are converts to better sound & systems after sitting in the sweet spot at my place...I'll never forget coming home from work,maybe 2-3 days after she moved in,& she was sitting on the couch crying like a baby,when I asked why her reply was she had never anything so beautiful except at the very few concerts she had attended...Needless to say she hasn't said a single word about the huge corner traps & acoustic wall panels & the entire wall behind the equipment covered in heavy moving blankets hahahaha...
As much as I enjoy it, still nothing is better than watching others enjoy it. I've always made a sincere effort to find music the listener will enjoy. Eclectic elitist that I am this hardly ever involves playing what they ask for. Because I almost never have it. Instead I will try and find something similar they might like. Absolutely nothing better than playing someone some music they never heard before and watching them fall in love with it. Best one ever was a Porsche pal who after one song sat there as if in a trance and said, "Please, play another. Please." I could do that all night.