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In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV)
Post Subject: How useful is any post?Posted by rowuk on: 1/29/2026
Paul. I apologize for the detour. In the context of Accuracy vs Musicality, we have the issue of defining what is our relationship to accuracy and or musicality. The high level performing musician will have one view, a conductor or musicologist others. The music lover with a stereo will have their individual path to the system that they own and that will create yet other definitions.
When communicating on line, we need mutual understanding for the things that we want to discuss (the audio press has done little to help here). I can explain my views of accuracy and musicality, both have nothing to do with gear however. Musicality is something that a musician does with his/her play. I think that this word is misplaced in the audio world. Accuracy is also a function of definition. Geometrically, it is impossible to have accurate playback. There is no recreation of the original space - regardless of the effort and money invested. Pitch and timbre coulds have degrees of accuracy, but what was the original, what microphone, how close was the microphone to the instrument, what EQ or compression was used? As there is no way of knowing, I feel that we must replace the word "accurate" with the word "plausible". With these reservations, someone could talk to me about my "sound" or my "opinion".
When our system becomes a tool to explore our minds reaction to stimuli, the work to get common denominators for online discourse becomes yet another challenge.Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site