Improvement in Musicality for home theater system

@arro222 

Primarily it is rhythm and pace. The attribute that connects you emotionally to the music… typically it makes your foot tap… or get emotionally consumed by the music. 
 

it is really easy to get side tracked into hearing more details or more slam and bass, these can lead you away from really natural and musical sound. It took me nearly forty years to be able to immediately sense rhythm and pace. Tonal balance, detail etc are much easier to sense and in many ways much less important.

Most people do not pay enough attention to their room acoustics.  I would focus there.

I’m really glad someone asked about the term, “musical.”

The word, in this application, seems almost comical, to say nothing of it being extremely vague.

@ghdprentice 

So if 
"music" you hear thru an audio component begins to make you want to tap your feet, it is considered a "musical component"?

I have heard music at weddings that didn't make me want to do that although the band was considered "musical".

I would think it has more to do with "musical taste" no matter if played thru a $50,000 audio system or a transistor radio.

When a teenager, I guess transistor radios were considered "musical".

Who knew.

1. I would try borrowing better speakers to compare your current speakers against -  using your AVR amp.
2. And/or/then borrowing a different amp to power your speakers
3. Alternatively you might be able to drag your speakers to a shop to compare them to other speakers… and that will also let you listen to their electronics through them.

With luck that should give some insight into things… More insightful IMO than just buying various gear… if you abide A/B comparisons.