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.
Can the level of pleasure derived from music be measured?
This is a real question that I think may have a answer.
With the right probes in a brain can't changes in the pleasure
zone be measured?
I ask because it seems to me that without this measurement
a true audiophile hierarchy can not be claimed.
Thoughts??