No Wonder You Spend So Much Money On Stereo Equipment

"the music plays the band"  ...I love that!

Me too!

but we are not music addicts here, we are hifi gear addicts :)

I hope this is a poor attempt at humor cause otherwise it’s just really sad.

RE: dopamine levels, I’d like to see a comparison between listening to music and playing it...

@stuartk  No comparison IME — there’s nothing like playing live music when the band is locked in.  Listening is like a poor facsimile in comparison yet still supremely rewarding and satisfying in its own way.  That’s my take anyway.