What define "musicality" ? And what constitute "musicality" in audio ?
When I first came to Audiogon I asked if there was a glossary of some sort with terms used to describe sound and music. I think it was member david_ten who provided this link. This is a very handy and very extensive resource: https://www.stereophile.com/content/sounds-audio-glossary-glossary |
Three points:  First: In the words of Jeff Foxworthy…”You know might have a musical system if….” This is where things get hung up…..so…  Second : What defines musicality…is a lot like defining great pizza or great wine…it is in the eye, mouth, ear of the beholder.  Third: And now a
possible real world definition….you turn on the music and you listen…and never
once did your brain try to cut in and tell you all of the things that might be
better…such as…”hmmm, I wonder if a Be tweeter would make that trumpet sound
better”. So, if you are able to just
listen and enjoy, then just maybe you have a musical system....and the rest of the descriptions and definitions don't matter. |
Geoff,you sound like an old men saying that this or that is an illusion...For sure "musicality" is a metaphor for some experience that is relative like an "horizon"... I am just curious to the history and methods,or purchase, of people here in an audio forum, about this experience that is an horizon toward with all we navigate...Sometimes someone shout "terra" "Terra" and the goal is relatively reached, with this person and his boat(audio grid)… I dont sail anymore now, I am on my island, I have shouted "terra", and I dont think to buy another boat... By the way, I read about your "peebles" on cable some years ago, that inspire my experiments with stones...And that work, and I dont mock you like stupid people who dont experiment and dont have open mind...That work really on my cable and that was a step toward this experience of "musicality"... Thanks for your inspiration... But now Geoff you said to me that,no, I am not in India but in America, my goal was an illusion in this travel...Perhaps I am wrong, I am not in India,but I love America,the New India, and for me this great feeling of discovery I called it metaphorically "musicality" or " the new India"... My illusion is my treasure old man...The "terra" was in sight in the end...You know it only if you buy a ship and go for the travel...Thanks Geoff, for some equipment you give to me along the sail... geoffkait14,271 posts 03-12-2019 4:05pmMusicality is a mirage, a spectre, a chimera, an illusion. There is no standard for musicality. And there is no ideal for musicality, just like there’s no ideal for sound quality. Everything is relative. As Bob Dylan says at the end of all his songs, good luck. 🤗 |
