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hi dave:

i understand what accuracy menas and i believe i understand what musicality means.

i'm not sure what you mean by accurate musicality means .

could you explain this term ?

thanks.

I'm glad you asked Mrtennis.

If musicality is accurately recorded and played back well it's accurate and musical. Where did the idea that they're mutually exclusive come from???

Dave

An audiophile pas de deux!

Time to pop some popcorn and settle in for the dance.

musicality & acuracy....Where did the idea that they're mutually exclusive come from???

I believe because when you hear a lot of details, pink and white noise on the strings for example, the sound can become a little bit agressive in the mid-high range and the whole picture may not appear so organic ...

it's like standing on the podium in front of a symphony orchestra, your hear "strange" noises and sitting in the hall on the 21th row where the whole acoustic information arrives mixed at your ears ... and loses some details

make the test with a violin player, stand very close and then at some 5 meters ...

the pratice on cables:
-Shunyata Antares gives me less details but shows an organic musical whole picture of the music
- NBS active III is faster, show more details but is less pleasant to hear

hi dave:

if a recording preserves the attributes of music and is played through an accurate stereo system, the result is as you state.

the key is that the source be well recorded and that a stereo system should be minimally inaccurate, as perfection does not exist.

with regard to a component, i believe you imply that the amr will preserve the musical attributes of a recording if they are present. if they are not, i believe the amr will reveal the inadequacies, as well. this means the amr is relatively uncolored.

is twhat i have described what you mean ?

the basic distinction between accurate and musical is that one may use the term "musical" to describe a recording and "accurate" to describe the sound of a stereo system.

a stereo system can't always be "musical", because some sources are not "musical".