Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War?

I have it all.

Fidelity and musicality are not mutually exclusive; rather there is a high positive correlation between the two.

In the context of music reproduction, without equipment capable of high fidelity you will not obtain a high level of musicality.

@pauly "Fidelity and musicality are not mutually exclusive; rather there is a high positive correlation between the two."  

Quite so. Everything else is hand-waving bordering on a religious experience - read over how many times people "believe" or convey their feelings and memories of a variety of ephemeral experiences.

Hence my initial one word post right at the start of all this. Its a trick question by the OP, @ishkabibil.

I agree that these are not mutually exclusive.

You can have both in a system.