Music first or sound first?

Music is most important, and the best is when the stereo enables you to hear more of it or hear it better. There is nothing better than noticing something in a song or album you've listened to hundreds of times that you never heard before.

I can like a song in the car, on the bose wave in the garage or on the stereo, but I like it most on the stereo because I can hear it better and more of it. The fact that it is vinyl only is not coincidental.

I’m just now realizing how far down the rabbit hole I was.  Whether consciously or unconsciously, the quest for good sound dominated my choice of what music to play.   
That very impressive, expensive behemoth (my rig) standing in front of me was just too much to resist. 
Now, thank the gods, the music is first.  Hopefully it will remain so.  
I really envy those that are not seduced by the glories of their system.

Sound first is a dead end for me.

Here is another vote for music first.  Music often got me through the rough patches in life and now that I’m thankfully retired, I have the luxury of time to fully enjoy it. I now have time to explore new artists and genres of music which are often not the best recorded. I do fully agree with @sokogear that one of the joys of being an Audiophile is to be able hear familiar music in the best possible light and to hear things you never heard before. But when I force myself to listen to recordings just because they sound good, I start to get bored.