Systems Engineer here. My wife is always complaining that her husband sets up these wonderful networks and systems for work, yet she always has outdated systems and less than adequate file sharing in our house. The last thing I feel like doing at home is messing with stuff I do at work. I can totally understand how you'd not want to sit around at home listening to music. However, you said something interesting. Do you find yourself only listening critically? I wouldn't want to be stuck in that mode. I want a great sounding system, but I don't want to find myself listening to the system. I want to listen to and enjoy the songs, not analyze how they're being delivered all the time.
I've been involved in music as a gigging drummer, songwriter, producer, and radio DJ and have never had trouble switching it on and off. I usually prefer to critically listen to a song in a prepared manner and environment, so if I'm with my partner or even at a live event I'm more about just enjoying something as opposed to trying to hear every little nuance while judging the mixing or system.
In late 2022 I think. The bunch of videos released today are oldies. In one of them Paul mentions he just released The Audiophile’s Guide: The Loudspaker (which he published on August 2022)
Well that gave me a huge surprise. That's a fairly modest home setup , in context, though didn't mention what turntable or other source. Would need look back through videos to see what calling a 'state of the art' home cinema setup.
I think it is great Paul admits he uses Kef speakers and an entry level amp and a turntable and does not devote space in his home for a listening room. Its kind of like Christian Von Koenigsegg admitting he drives a Tesla Model 3. He designs perhaps the best sports car on the planet costing millions, but freely admits its not for daily driving.
