What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to?

Reads like ad copy. 😊

ATC speakers !!

Beck, Kate Bush, David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, Diana Krall, Ray LaMontagne, Tom Petty, Sting, Roger Waters, and Jack White. These world-famous artists are just a handful of the household-name musicians that listen with ATC. Perhaps they’re taking a page from many of the most in-demand engineers and producers that depend on ATC to create timeless works of art. Industry professionals such as Michael Bishop, T Bone Burnett, James Guthrie, Bob Ludwig, Gavin Lurssen, Max Martin, George Massenburg, Alan Moulder, Shawn Murphy, and Fred Vogler all rely on ATC to hear every last detail.

Can any musician who has been playing rock music for the past 40 years still hear?  I doubt very much if Jimmy Page can detect the nuance of a first class speaker?  Just a thought.  

Coming up with a list of ATC speaker owners (really?) representing the 0.01% of musicians who are wealthy is meaningless.  Most (not all) professional musicians I have known over the years are using gear they bought 40 years ago, or had handed down to them by a friend or family member. Most pro musicians struggle to make ends meet these days, and audiophile systems are not even on their radar.

I simply love ‘confirmation bias’ in full swing.  The confusion and obfuscation created is wonderfully entertaining if not troubling.  

Perhaps I missed it but no one has mentioned the obvious…

Aside from the few musicians who don’t care, most I’ve known ( I’m a lousy drummer lol ) take care of the room acoustics in their instrument (playing) rooms….

It’s just not feasible not to…A drum set for instance without any room treatment? A bass guitar or piano?

IME most instruments like this are quite loud and sound like hell in an untreated typical residential room (aside from arena size).

The factor of “diminishing returns”  kicks in…

the difference between mid-fi vs. hi-fi electronic equipment shrinks a lot!