Why no as many post about music vs equipment......

Remember also that most music lovers with High end gear are not audiophiles. I used to work in carpentry and have seen some amazing gear in my day and these people just listen to music. If you had to choose between the two hobbies you'll live longer if you choose music.

Music can be viewed as a "Component", since the quality of the recording and the awareness level of the people involved with making it can be VERY important.
Neil Young has weighed in on Analog VS Digital sound in the past. go to Mapleshade and they offer a catalog of cd's all of which have been produced in a certain (hopefully superior) manner. I love Charlie Parker but few of his recordings sound "good"- now someone could remaster them with a great deal of manipulation but i don't think in that case it would produce a better product.
OTOH there are some excellent renditions of Beethoven #5 that sound really REALLY good, while many (cherished) classic versions might STILL be preferred
by musicphiles- but at least here you have a chance to hear deeply into the orchestra, a very complex intereaction of sound.
i have had the oppportunity to hear a 1st generation digital tape (NAGRA)
of an orchestral performance and i thought the musicians were literally hiding behind the speakers. so it was a huge leap forward in getting minute distortions and electronic artifacts out of the way.
So where there is a synergy between a cd/lp/File and some nicely matched equipment to play it on, in a comfortable environment with attention paid to beneficial acoustics, the result is MUSICAL enjoyment. And i don't have
a problem telling people what music i like, even though some threads here start out with subjects like "what is the most irritating female vocalist you have ever heard?", etc. there is music that i will not spend time listening too,
but i would rather not add a comment of my own since it leads nowhere IMO.

I always really like music posts, not sure if I started any myself though...

frankly I have trouble finding music that compels me to write about it. I have found a lot of what I like already and do not find much new music to appreciate and the odd stuff I enjoy I doubt many would like.

the defendant rests his case ;^)

Mountainsong, I share your disappointment that the music itself is not discussed much more on these boards here. One site where it is discussed very much more is the audio asylum.

There are unfortunately many audiophiles that get so caught up in their equipment that they aren't even really listening to the music anymore at all, and never attend live concerts, and have lost all reference to what live acoustically produced music actually sounds like, even though most of them continue to state that that is their standard for what their system is supposed to sound like.

Please understand that this is of course not to say that their opinions have no value. I have learned a great many technical things about the equipment itself from some of these folks I have just described. But as a professional musician, it is very saddening sometimes to realize how little some audiophiles know/understand about music itself.

Audiophiles start out as music lovers and then become delusional as a form of madness sets in.