Accuracy vs. Enjoyment

My system has been shaped toward clarity for years. All other considerations aside. Having achieved it, Backing down just a tiny bit to have a trace euphemistic slide over the rough edges is no problem. At this point I would say very few (one) CD(s) have any annoying elements. (aside from a few with more bass than I want to play through main speakers, and have it annoy the neighbors, earphone stuff).           
I lay the reward on my Marantz SA-10... which has the best D/A conversion I have ever heard.            
I used to need a tube preamp as a fancy tube buffer to do the job of smoothing the broken edges.  But since I went all-in on Furutech Duplex, the fancy tube buffer is just a tiny difference. Basically I do not need it anymore. But I do like to use it anyway.

Come on, cds are never accurate, a lot of music is simply not there. Or as some might say there is simply no available device outside of pro equipment to get it out. Clarity is a good thing but for me it is not above all.

How it compares to live non-amplified instruments. For instance, do drums sound like drums? Do they have the same impact? Do voices have the clarity of actual people singing in front of you? Do acoustic guitars sound real? Bass is a little tougher since most concerts I attend use an electric bass so what I look for there is depth of sound & if it seems in any way bloated or muddy. Impact of course is important there as well. 

By the way, speaking of accuracy and clarity vs musicality or in addition to it, it was interesting to compare Purist Audio Neptune fluid and Tchernov Reference interconnects. About the same level. Tchernov are all about clarity and balance, Purist offers a lot of that too plus other things. I use both but prefer Purist with almost all recordings and I never use Tchernov with digital, there you can't compare, though Tchernov is still very good.
I know for a fact that at least some people who like panel speakers very much like Tchernov cables. I understand that.

Both are high end in my view but not the highest end, good enough for me.