No Wonder You Spend So Much Money On Stereo Equipment

The gig is up…

@soix 

"When the band is locked in"...

Yeah, I haven't played in a band in a long time but I know just what you mean -- there's a mysterious force that steps in  and "takes over" when everything is just right and then "the music plays the band"!  

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

"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.

@mitch4t, ​​@soix

I can’t take credit for that phrase. It’s an excerpt from the Hunter/Garcia tune "The Music Never Stopped" that appeared on the Dead’s "Blues for Allah" record. I haven’t , so far, encountered a more apt description of the experience in question. BTW, I've also experienced it playing in a duo, whether or not that constitutes a "band".