No Wonder You Spend So Much Money On Stereo Equipment

I never spent anywhere near as much for blow as I do for audio gear! 

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

An excellent guitar costs less than many forum member’s dacs!

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. 

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

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

 No comparison IME — there’s nothing like playing live music when the band is locked in. 

I remember my days playing the cornet in our high school band . . . the dopamine was screaming through my brain!