How do you find time to enjoy your $$$ speakers and system?

@jafant If I manage to last the year without getting fired from a second job I am doing, then I will get the Playback Designs Dream or Edelwise for both streaming and SACD. The designer of the Playback Designs DACs is the same guy that was involved with the SCD-1 at Sony.

BTW - I posted that it is very difficult to shop the SCD-1. The guy that bought mine told me to take it to Kinkos and let them do the packing. It made it to the other side of the country in the same shape as I had it. That is the CD section was still working when the buyer received it.

Honestly I sold off my very $$$ (well at least to me) all Shindo system to help finance a new business. I just couldn't justify it sitting there not getting the love and play time it deserved. I replaced it with Kef LS50 Wireless II's and the matching KC-62 sub. I use it everyday because I don't feel bad about it just playing in the background while I work or putter about. It will also rock clean-the-F$%^# out if you want. Is it on the same level as the old rig - nope, not at all, but I get much more enjoyment out of it as I use almost daily vs. maybe once a week for an hour or two. Bad news is that new business is doing well so I'm getting that itch again...

Maybe different for me. It's funny, now that I had a home built with a dedicated 2 channel room, it doesn't get much love. And here's the problem.

I'm retired but my wife works a lot of hours, so there's little time for her to sit and enjoy the fruits of our audio room.

In the past, with all the homes we've occupied, the stereo was the main focus of entertainment. We would rent or buy homes predicated on where would the stereo go. Our entertainment with friends (not family) would center on the audio experience. BBQ's and wine, having friends bring their cable or amp to test, attending shows and constant tweaking, it had been the focus of my life for 57 years. But now I'm in the middle of Utah, custom room, amazing equipment and a wife who shares in the audio experience. And I'm down to 10 hours a week. Well, we do have a 12 year old, so there's that.

So my wife doesn't love my speakers and I didn't know that until a few weeks ago! When I moved our much cheaper $2K speakers into the main room she got interested again. Time for new speakers.

And there are no audiophiles that I can find in this part of the country. So it largely became a solo experience. I've though of moving the system to the living room where the kitchen is as well and damn the custom room and all those circuits. At the end of the day, I just want to listen to music. 

Maybe new speakers that my wife will love will double the listening time. She's also deleting one of her jobs, that'll help. 

Anyone out there that lives in southern/middle Utah, come over for a listen!

It definitely helps to be retired which I am. I dedicate a few hours daily usually late afternoon or evening for critical listening and new music research. These are luxuries I could not afford while working and raising a family but I’m taking full advantage of it now.

I have my mian system in my main living area, because my goal was to have a system I can enjoy as much as possible in as many use cases as possible. And enjoy it when company is around. That has tradeoffs versus a dedicated room of course, mainly around acoustics and WAF.

However, I'd much rather trade those for getting to enjoy it more of the time. I probably listen on average at least 10-12 hours a week purely for music. Combined use with the AV setup, probably double that.