Can the level of pleasure derived from music be measured?

I'm not a true audiophile because I don't have probes in my brain. 

Was hoping for a researcher familiar with this kind of study.

Contact-great movie.

Are you folks who say no up on the brain testing going on these days

Always fun to stir up the crowd!

I can imagine having someone hooked up to measure their physical responses, like brainwaves, to see changes in their physiological and mental state with changes in sound quality. I'm not sure what we'd learn from that beyond just having the person tell us how much they are enjoying it. I can tell you that beyond a certain point I enjoy achieving improved sound from my system more than I enjoy actually listening to it. I'm highly capable of adjusting to sound quality if it isn't too far off. 

@bdp24 🤣 +1

I’m sorry, but this is too funny.
Leave it to audiophiles to pose such a question unironically.
I can see the articles in audiophile magazines right now:

“The only way to properly evaluate an audio system is to listen to music while hooked up to an electroencephalography machine, and mapping the resulting data.”