How many hours weekly do you listen to your system

i listen approx 30+ hours per week.

but i also work about 55 hours per week.....6 days a week (1/2 days on Saturdays).....and i don't work from home (although i'm always on call).

i wake up early and typically listen for 1.5-2 hours before work (the wife is asleep) as my system is in a separate building from my home (a barn). at night i have dinner and spend time with the wife but then go listen for another 2-3 hours before bed. sometimes the wife joins me for awhile and sometimes not (we've been married for 33 years and have 2 grown children).

i don't watch commercial TV except sports and the occasional movie in the HT. during baseball season i listen a bit less as a watch baseball nightly (or until the Mariner's are getting stomped).

Saturdays is typically 2-3 hours in the morning and another 3-4 hours afternoon or evenings. Sunday can be 2-3 hours or maybe up to 10 hours.....it depends on what the wife is up to and whether it's football season (Direct Ticket on Directv).

if guys are over for a listening session it can be an all day thing.

i do spend time on the laptop while listening about 60% of the time.....so it's not always 'just' listening.

For serious listening, I'm at 3 to 8 hours per week. Of course I've constantly got music on at the office, but it's in the background (Apple lossless mostly) I also run the system another 4 or 8 hours at home, when I'm working on something else, but that's in the background.

The 3 to 8 hours of serious listening is when I'm in the "sweet spot" really focusing on music.

Dave

5-10 hours per week, mostly on weekends only.

Back in the day I spent every extra hour listening to music.
If it wasn't my system then it would be at friends homes.I would travel on weekends and after work to every stereo shop from Westchester County in NY to Southern NJ looking for the next best thing.Sales people were knowledgeable and enthusiasts themselves.Some shops had listening nights. Customers were invited after closing just to sit and enjoy the sound.It was fun.
Today,I am able to work at home so music is always playing However I only get to really LISTEN for about 10 hours a week,it used to be 10 hours on a Saturday or Sunday.
I'm glad so many of you enjoy your time with your music and to Mikelavigne,i'll buy the barn.

Great thread. I'd almost like to see a poll breaking it down into tube vs. ss users, and analog vs digital time.

My guess is that users like me who are tube and mostly analog listen less, since tubes's aren't always as condusive to leaving on all day for background music, and obviously LP's need to be flipped. That being said I probably listen intently 10-15 hours a week.

Most of my listening is concentrated on nothing else. I at times do read Audiogon or other sites or stereophile on my laptop while listening, but I really find it detracts from the listening experience. I almost feel guilty, in the sense that "why am I reading about audio systems rather than fully enjoying the excellent one I already have."

I also find that listening at a realistic volume on an extremely resolving system is so emotionally engaging, that I can't listen for hours and hours on end. For me it's so close to attending a live performance, where you are so entranced and engaged that I need rebound time. So it definitly quality, not quantity. Also fom me late at night is time I really want to listen, after other have gone to sleep, so it's not an ideal time to make it loud. I often work from home and can take time to listen for an hour or so and really turn it up during the daytime. But I cant listen that long. I used to do alot more backround listening than I do now, but that could stay on for hours with the emotional drain I find with dedicated listening.

An example is a Billy Joel Turnstiles white label promo I recently listened to. With my current Raven One table setup, it's so much like being in the original 1976 recording studio that it is shocking.

Also since I edit TV/video the last thing I often want to do after 10 or 12 hours of staring at multiple monitors is watch more TV (or actually mostly films on a DLP projector). High end music is just the ticket to help me relax. I often close my eyes.