My take on musicality: It is the "gestalt" delivered by a happy combination of composition, performance, recording, electronics and physiology. When present it obviates the need to focus on "audiophile performance" descriptors. It can manifest even without benefit of top tier electronics. It is necessarily subjective and might not even be consistently experienced day to day (despite the same recording, same electronics, etc., etc.). It is often ephemeral. I think fsonicsmith makes some valid points but on balance I disagree. I do concede the term is of little use in the context of a gear-focused audio discussion, however that doesn't make it meaningless in any absolute sense.
What define "musicality" ? And what constitute "musicality" in audio ?
I think that "musicality" is the most important factor and attribute in living audio experience... The experience of "musicality" i think, cannot be reduced to subjective factors only, nor objective one...It is more easy to describe what it is not, than to describe what it is, perhaps like the experience of God in theology...But for sure if you get it, it seems the most important resultant factor of your audio grid system,you feel it and like it the most...After 7 years i feel it more than ever...The urge to upgrade recess in the background because when you feel "musicality" already at a certain level, you dont believe that it is possible to push that level really higher at an affordable cost... "Musicality" for me, in my words, correlate with realistic musical timbre and voice, fluidity,no harshness at all, no fatigue, and last but not least, listening music and forgetting the sound...
This is my personal my experience, i am curious to read others about that,about their "way" and "means" to live that experience...Thanks to all...