I am an audiophile from Houston and have been around audio since high school, in the early 70's. I enjoy both music and all technical aspects of audio and its accurate reproduction. I would have to say i enjoy each element about equally.
I own lots of different speakers, most of which I have either built myself and some were designed from scratch. I am a follower of numerous audio designers but if I had to name the most influential it would be Siegfried Linkwitz.