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[triode12]

Just a poll to find out how much time SNAers dedicate to listening to music on their systems?

Does one leave one's components switched on all the time or does one turn it on only when one is ready to use it?

Edited by triode12, 17 April 2012 - 08:30 PM.

[Batty]

Depends if you mean 'listening' or just having music on while doing other things too.

[triode12]

It can be both, doesn't have to be serious listening.

I will have my system on but I drift in and out of concentration wrt to listening.

Edited by triode12, 17 April 2012 - 06:03 PM.

[Whatmore]

It can be both, doesn't have to be seriously listening. I will have my system on but I drift in and out of concentration wrt to listening.

On a good night, I drift in and out of consciousness while listening

[Dr X]

I use a HTPC and my system is used for all content listening (TV, Movies, Music, Internet).

[houdinifangs]

I don't watch TV, play sport or havd any other hobbies and have a work system so I would more often do 20+

[MC240]

Bugger all 1-2 hours a week if I want to keep the neighbors on side. 3 -4 hours if a SNA member drops in.

[GraemeB]

Currently, system is on 24 hrs a day, with me listening 4-6 hrs of those, as I'm doing some serious new equipment/cable burning-in! Volume at about -70dB overnight, a bit higher when out, and 'realistic' levels when sitting down listening.

Edited by GraemeB, 17 April 2012 - 04:13 PM.

[hired goon]

G'day,

Strewth ... if I'm home then there's toons a-playing, be it TT or Squeezebox. Generally over 3 hours a day, often more.

--Geoff

[datafone]

Maybe around 15 hours a week, maybe a bit more sometimes.

I only turn gear on for listening...Can't imagin leaving my amp on with nothing playing.

Edit:Typo

Edited by datafone, 17 April 2012 - 04:17 PM.

[L J T]

My system stays on from the afternoon until about 8pm and stays on most of the weekend

[cheekyboy]

I think you need another tab to check in the poll.................I checked more than 10 hours but I would easily listen more than 20 hours a week. My gear is on standby, but turn it on to listen.

Cheers,

Keith

[Paul Spencer]

Zero right now ... if you see strange behaviours from me, don't worry. It's just the withdrawals ... otherwise I'm quite sane ...

[Benje]

I use my system for many hours every day, but much of that is streaming the TV/Foxtel audio through.

If I really think how many hours a week I listen to music in a stereo or multi-channel mode without TV, It is probably about an hour a day - miss a day or two, catch up an hour or so on the weekends.

Less than I first thought.

Then there is the 40 minutes a day listening to my flac files in the car.

[LogicprObe]

It would average out about 2 hours a day.

[Juicester]

i reckon I'm the same as most.

"not enough". serious listening anyway....

[Whatmore]

I think you need another tab to check in the poll.................I checked more than 10 hours but I would easily listen more than 20 hours a week. My gear is on standby, but turn it on to listen. Cheers, Keith

Agree.
Originally I thought the choices were hours per day rather than per week.

[turntable]

way more than 10 hours per week on average.

Generally switch the gear on when I get home from work and switch them off at bedtime. Such are the obligations of running tube phono, pre amp and monoblocks. The musical enjoyment is well worth it.

cheers

[Full Range]

I voted low a amount of hours, but would like to listen more

[Whatmore]

So I voted 10+

All my components are on all the time apart from my pre-amp and TT

[A J]

All my stuff on 24/7, before I got made redundant was lucky to pull 6hours/week - at the moment 20+ but I need to find an income to support the purchase of more gear - oh and the wife + kids haha

[mikizee]

If I'm home, the stereo is on.

It only gets switched off when the other half wants to watch one of her terrible TV shows. Which is too bloody often!!

[brumby]

I only use my system for music and concert DVDs. I seldom bother when I'm watching a movie and never when I'm merely watching TV.

I do very little casual listening. Serious listening sessions can easily last 3-4 hours - or more. There would be one pretty well every week and quite often two or three.

An average week would probably be 4-6 hours. A "music" week could easily be 20 hours. Hard to pick an average.

[ehtcom]

Serious listening about 1 to 2 hours a week.

Casual listening ~12 to 14 hours a day, but not Saturdays during the local footy season

[CP_]

If I'm home, the stereo is on.

It only gets switched off when the other half wants to watch one of her terrible TV shows. Which is too bloody often!!

Which is why I have the TV set up in a completely separate room - I refuse to have my 2-ch system form part of the home theatre

[djb]

25 hours per week when not parent sitting half serious and half, half serious
turn on the system a little before i organize music choices
non serious listening tends to be solid state

[turntable]

Which is why I have the TV set up in a completely separate room - I refuse to have my 2-ch system form part of the home theatre

+ one. we should count ourselves as lucky. not everyone has the choice.

[Mushroom01]

When I'm home, I use my system almost every day without fail. I watch very little TV......... Too much shite on TV now .......Even the news gets a miss of late, as it's mostly all bad anyway IMO.

My kids are so much more settled & well behaved when the TV is off & the tunes are on. My Wife & I feel much more relaxed listening to music, when compared to watching TV.

Fri & Sat nights I'll have a few rums with the wife & bang on a movie, after the kids have gone to bed.

I would average 20-30 hrs listening per week...... I would prefer my system to die of over-use, rather than just old age.....

[triode12]

I think you need another tab to check in the poll.................I checked more than 10 hours but I would easily listen more than 20 hours a week. My gear is on standby, but turn it on to listen.

Cheers,

Keith

Hi Keith,

I've modified the poll to accomodate those that listen more than 20 hrs a week.

[perthpete]

Well... if including watching TV, listening to radio besides cd/sacd listening (in other words amp and speakers are working).... Then definitely more than 20 a week ..
If we're home, something is on (if not sleeping:-)).

[rantan]

When my wife insists on playing Adele, Bruno Mars and Chris Isaak, It seems like the system is on for 500 hours per week

[caddisgeek]

Serious listening for a few hours at most, quite a bit when cooking/cleaning/writing/reading the paper etc. I also have a walkman and some mid fi Senn's on the bedside table to listen before I go to sleep

[surfpurple]

Bugger all 1-2 hours a week if I want to keep the neighbors on side. 3 -4 hours if a SNA member drops in.

That's about the same for me too.

Always good when a SNA member drops in! (doubles the weekly listening hours).

[surfpurple]

If I'm home, the stereo is on.

It only gets switched off when the other half wants to watch one of her terrible TV shows. Which is too bloody often!!

Please don't start me ........on those 'terrible' tv shows they want to watch!

[triode12]

That's about the same for me too.

Always good when a SNA member drops in! (doubles the weekly listening hours).

Are there many SNA'ers in Ulladulla?

[rantan]

Are there many SNA'ers in Ulladulla?

At least 1562. More during summer

[surfpurple]

T

Are there many SNA'ers in Ulladulla?

There might be a couple!

[reggie]

I voted >20. System is on as soon as I am home and on until bed time, unless I feel like veging in front of the box. Separate room for the TV so I don't have to put up with some of the missus' shows! with a separate 2 channel system for movies. The weekend is another matter easily 8 hours a day it will be on.

[JohnA]

i dont listen to my system

i prefer to listen to music been reproduced by my system

[Mick35]

Since putting together a pair of Kye's Straight 8's, mentioned here on SNA. And after tweaking the crossover to what sounds good to me, I've been doing at least 4 hours a day. They are just so God Damn easy to listen to. Ridiculously brilliant bang for buck. I've never been so keen to race home from work and listen. TV what TV?

[audiohobbs]

My hours listed are just for music and most of that is at the weekend. Hours of use, though, tops 50-60 hours I would guess. In order to have as good a system as I have it must work for a living, so it does all the A-V duties as well. It isn't a chore, though; I love whatever sounds it puts out (although I can't stand The Amazing-Anybody-Watches-This-Race so usually go to read).

I sometimes get extra listening when I am converting LPs but that is patchy at the moment. That is also on the second system upstairs, but that is not a big bug-bear: it works well enough. ;-)

[dor]

That's about the same for me too.

Always good when a SNA member drops in! (doubles the weekly listening hours).

Thanks, Happy to help facilitate some more listening soon.

But, I don't know if your son also thinks it's quite as good though. He 'enjoys' a few hours in the house with a couple of 'old' blokes belting tunes out that where mostly released before he was born.
Probably not high on his list of cool things to do, listen to 'dad' music and stereo talk. Although he's pretty much unsupervised, so it couldn't be better for a teen? (or was that just me?)

Edited by dor, 19 April 2012 - 05:55 AM.

[soundfan]

I'd easily get 30hrs a week up, and thats from a shift worker who works 10hr shifts. Not all critical lstening, but generally always have music playing when at home. Tv is for the news and the odd footy game. Fortunately my wife loves music as much as I do.

[mikey d]

I switch the amp, phono & tt on as soon as I get up. CDP stays on 24/7. Only switch things off if I'm not going to be playing music for a couple of hours. Casual / critical ? Sometimes the music will just catch your ear & I'll sit in "the chair" to listen a bit closer. Late at night I'll sit down & close my eyes for some deep listening. Main rig is in a separate room from tv.

The missus & I watch the news & 7.30 & she's not interested in that commercial stuff, so we tend to watch the doco's & current affairs, a bit of drama, Dr Who etc. But the tv goes thru the second stereo & I'll often watch shows just because they've got great soundtracks, e.g. Dr Who.

Man, if I'm in the house the music is playing, if I'm driving the music is pumping & if I'm sleeping the music is my snoring.