How important is spending time with your gear?

I like the look of my audio equipment as it’s all very well made and of good design I have two systems in the credenza, 2 channel & 5.1 and it’s located in my living room All the equipment is in a low profile credenza with soft close glass doors It holds my Oppo BD 105 , Emotiva XMC-2, Spectron musical MK lll amp ARC LS15 tube pre amp, Exogal Comet Plus DAC, Audiolab 6000N streamer, Anthem MCA-5 amp and a Xbox one X ( love to go Fonza 7 racing) I do have my VAC tube amp sitting on top of the credenza Hey yeah just have to watch those tubes glow! For critical listening l pull my Maggie’s five feet out into the room and my wife is almost ok with the painters tape on the rug to ensure proper sperker position 👌

I like simplicity and minimalism. Other than a wall mounted TT that can't be hidden of course, nothing to look at on my 4 rectangular boxes at all except a volume knob and input and record selector knobs that never get touched and a couple push buttons to start the TT and change its speed on its PSU. I'd be glad to hide them if it was convenient, but I like having maximum ventilation for my amp.

I have output meters so it's fun to watch.Kind of like the campfire.

When I had a tube amp it was a must see, like having a fireplace. That said my Subaru SVX had a cover for the in dash music system and it was very cool to have the music coming from "nowhere".