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“Musicality vs accuracy” is one of those discussion topics that never really gets anywhere. Partly because – as usual in a lot of forum discussions – the terms are never really defined, so people use the words to mean whatever they like and then argue for or against them. But also because there really is no “versus” in it. It’s like arguing about gin vs tonic. You need both. Let’s do a little thought experiment. Suppose you go to a concert (an acoustic one, unamplified instruments and/or voices). You love it, the performance is astonishing, inspired, and moving. By any assessment, you would consider thatRead More →

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Scene 1. A person goes to a particular room at an audio show to hear a specific component – a DAC. But… how would that person know how much of what was heard could be attributed to the DAC, in an unfamiliar room, with unfamiliar amplification and speakers? Scene 2. A person searches the audiogon listings for components on the Stereophile recommended components list. Not even necessarily Class A – they cost a packet – but if only a better amp or preamp or speakers or DAC could be found from anywhere on that list, things would be so much better. Scene 3. A groupRead More →

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The word “musicality” is bandied about in hifi circles a bit, but what does it mean? If you look for a definition with Google, you will end up with something like “Musicality is a noun that means sensitivity to, knowledge of, or talent for music.” (From Wikipedia.) You might wonder what that has to do with hifi… and I’ve wondered about that myself quite a lot… so I suppose that in a way, that is what this blog is about – the pursuit of “musicality” in hifi. And what is “hifi”? By most any definition it would mean something along the lines of high-quality (“highRead More →