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...
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uber,  A rock concert is more a social event than a musical event .
How else could you get 5k people to wave their hands in unison like a
 Nurnburgh rally ?
True , but more alike than different . The money I spent was over 50 years .

All jokes aside , every thing counts, Trite but true .The room is the most important thing . My car gets me caught up in music and the 4 speakers likely cost Nissan less than 10 bucks .I’ve walked into many rooms where the owner spend 20k to get
harsh treble and muddy base down to no avail because it was the room
not his gear !

I’ve always been to lazy to fool with rooms but then I’ve moved around all my life and too old to start now .
My standard joke is I’d rather listen to a 1500 $ speaker with a 5k amp than vice -versa .
The only thing I ever really liked to play with are turn tables . Owned over 100 and at least 200 phono cartridges .Still have 3 in my old age . And run 2 .

My system sounds very close to live music .I knew what it should sound like from attending over 2,000 live classical concerts over the last 50 years .
How I did it was the same almost every serious audiophile does it , cut and paste every bit of the system till you get there .
I like to say, "I have the best 30K system in Minnesota and it only cost me 130,000 $$$ .
Flash no8 , The great halls and symphonies of this world don’t play bad music and very seldom make mistakes .
                   They and the worlds greatest soloists taught me what I need  to know in over 2.000 lessons .                   
                     I'm a slow learner .
                   


                  Of course if you don't listen to live acoustic music its of no use to you .
I knew a guy who for 50 years  used only applause as his guide and he could  make your system sing . I tried to learn his method but it was beyond me .