How serious are you?

Not a hobby for me. I like listening to music. ROON says 218 hours in the last 4 weeks which is likely lower than normal since I took a week off from work and I was entertaining house guests for the past 2 weeks. I also have 3 hours a day M-to-F of bliss listening to KCRW morning show on FM radio (not included in ROON).

I think it was Ozzy Osbourne who best described my gear spending habit. I was a zero for a decade and became a hero in the last 3 years. In about 6 more months I expect to go from hero to back to zero for a very long time (maybe until the end).

 

 

 

@secretguy - to me, the buying and selling of gear is the hobby.

I don't consider listening to music any more of a 'hobby' than reading a book or watching a movie or looking at art. 

I dont like reading...

Yet I read thousands...

because i picked some so astounding and deep books it was impossible not to read them even if we hate reading...I begun to love reading i guess...

 

I dont like hearing music...

But i had thousand of music files...

because i love so much some musicians and composers i could not restrain myself...I begun to listen and hearing no more...

 

I dont like women but i marry one,

i dont like people,

But i befriend many...

 

 Perhaps i like too much paradoxes.... 😁

 

I used acoustic and tweaks...

Just today i recreated an acoustic audiophile corner in my basement using small cheap but good speakers...

i decided to upgrade my Sansui alpha soon because i will have my ultimate headphone system...

I hate headphones, i disliked all,

But one....

For me the hobby is music not the gear... I learned acoustic it was my hobby for a long time... Now it is finished... Music is my only way not audio ...But we must inform ourself to buy the best at the least cost... It is done for me...

 

Life is surprizing, we do most of the times what we never planned to do....

 

As John Lennon supposedly said, Life is what happens when you are making other plans.

 

@asvjerry 

 

As a non Roon user, I think I get the jist of your post, but can you explain the situation for me?

I'd put myself at a 2. I have a modest system that I enjoy, but my passion is astronomy. This week I'm camping at a dark sky park for a full week hoping for a clear night. So far three nights not worth getting either telescope running. I'm not sure there is an equivalent. I have a very small system in my RV, not even HiFi, but there are expectations of quite here so anything I play needs to stay in the camper. 

When home I listen about 5 hours a week, mostly to vinyl while working. Serious listening is waiting for my retirement years. Not too much longer...