I've been alcohol and drug free my entire adult life and find my music sounds best in the AM. I love it all day and night but mornings are the time I fire up my dual 1229 and sort thru my vinyl collection and just get into really listening to the music. Throughout the day music is background for living and working but AM is time for music listening priority.
I like reading about audio audio equipment and love a good system but it's the music that is most interesting to me. Solid state versus Tubes is fun to read about but my Tom Petty Greatest Hits record moves me. Even without booze, drugs, $10,000 mono blocks on the floor with expensive cables on risers, that album and 100s of others make for a great start to my day.
Btw, my Forte1s and my old rebuilt Dual and my midpriced Yamaha receiver with my HSU sub sounds better than anyone's system that I know. I know SS is harsh and subs are a no no around here but my music makes me happy and I'm not chasing the never satisfied bug.