Of all the terms thrown around in audio, few are more used more and understood less than the word MUSICALITY. Tom Miiller tried to tackle the term (I'm not sure the last ever saw the light of day) and define the musicality many years ago in TAS. Three article later (I'm not sure the last piece ever saw the light of day) and I'm not sure he did much to solve the confusion surrounding the use of the word. But at least he got people talking and thinking more about when they use the term musicality. Much of the issue is that musicality is a catch all term that means different things to different people. To some people, musicality seems to be a pleasing coloration. To other audiophiles, it's tonal accuracy. Yet to other listeners, it's a lack of mechanical/reproduced quality to the music.
But what is most important is that we all should be on the same page when using musical terms or otherwise reviews won't make sense to us or even newbies to the industry. In fact--and all special niche areas have their own jargon--sometime these words make them feel disconnected from the hobby. So it's not only important to use them correctly but not to invent new terms for the sake of inventing new words when we already have a vocabulary that can be describe what we hear if we use it accurately! And in fact, are audio components become more musical or not?
What do you all think?
But what is most important is that we all should be on the same page when using musical terms or otherwise reviews won't make sense to us or even newbies to the industry. In fact--and all special niche areas have their own jargon--sometime these words make them feel disconnected from the hobby. So it's not only important to use them correctly but not to invent new terms for the sake of inventing new words when we already have a vocabulary that can be describe what we hear if we use it accurately! And in fact, are audio components become more musical or not?
What do you all think?
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