I’m confused. Please explain.

I would guess I'm an outlier, but I actually don't enjoy most (in person) live music.

Listening to other people who don't understand that when music plays, you shut your gob. The singing along by people who shouldn't sing. The phones held aloft for two hours to record the entire event. The price of concessions. The quality of most PA systems which sound like they were set up by a deaf sadist. I could go on.

I would without question rather listen at home.  I do like live recordings, I just don't want to be there myself. I don't understand the draw. 

Relevance or Irrelevance based on the category of listener

1) Musicians who genuinely care about how their instruments sound during playback:

Relevant

2) Mastering Technicians

Irrelevant

3) Musicians who are about ...'get it over with dude, i need to get paid, got bills to pay'

Irrelevant

4) Audiophiles:

Irrelevant

5) General Masses/Non-Audiophiles:

Irrelevant

+1 Ron, a fool's errand  

I own a very nice hand-built acoustic guitar. It's a gorgeous sounding instrument.  

When I listen to my modest system, do I compare its presentation of acoustic guitars to the"live" sound of my Boucher?  No. Never.  Being emotionally and physically engaged by the music is my top priority.

I started out with a cheap transistor radio in bed every night. In my teens,when my love for music exponentially intensified, I had a $99.00 component system. My enjoyment of music is not fundamentally dependant upon sound. I've regularly sat in friend's listening rooms,listening to systems much, much more expensive than mine and my experience of the music is not "better" than when I'm at home. 

I guess this puts me in the "good enough" category. 

@hifiguy42

"I would guess I'm an outlier, but I actually don't enjoy most (in person) live music."

I get it.  At my age, I've discovered that the proximity of the Port-A-Potty(s) is the number one priority for me at live events.  Yes, even higher than sound quality.  The "coolness" of the commemorative T-shirt may be a strong 2nd.