Why Don't More People Love Audio?

HONESTLY if I knew it was like this, I wouldnt hoop in this hobby either. Too late now, worse than smoking! Nicotine = Soundstage, Tar = Tonal Body, Carbon Monoxide = Money (keep Exhaling ....)

Also convenience. Very few people are willing to put speakers out into the room. Most people don't want tuner / transport / dac / preamp / amp / speaker with all the wires and interconnects as well.
I see posts regularly for people wanting speakers that can be put against the wall. Or for an audiophile grade receiver only to be told it can't be done this way if you want hi-end sound. and it's true - too bad.
So maybe some active Tannoy, Mackie, or ATC monitors and a source with volume control would go a long way in solving the convenience issue while still having good sound.

The audio industry has created a very toxic, noncredible environment with hyped, overpriced, gimicky equipment. The more high-end the audio store, the more pompous and arrogant the salesman...do audiophiles really like quality sound or knowing that there equipment is the newest and best? hmm...

Yeah, the doctor is right. Music is a distant second to expensive equipment in a two horse race, when all is said and done in the audiophile kingdom. Hang around, you will see arguments in a criss-cross pattern concerning: music/equipment/music/equipment/musicality/equipment/accuracy/equipment/price/equipment/golden ears/equipment/tin ears/equipment/state-of-the-art/equipment/emotional response/equipment/love/equipment and last but not least, gotta upgrade, I've had this equipment for over two months now. Love is just a kiss away, it's just a shot away!

Thedoctor said it better than I've ever heard.
People here won't believe this but I spent a day in NYC listening to some of the finest stereo in existance and the best IMHO was a Monitor Audio Bronze 1 on a Marantz receiver.
Why?

Good tonality that matched my taste.

If a stereo is over etched, searingly bright, boomy bass that feels like a pounding headache, or whatever that grates on my taste I could care less how much it costs or how good the sound is in other ways.
If a stereo can't just play tunes, what good is it?