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

Musicality is hippie, Hippie shake!

electrochemical… the stuff or love, emotion, desire, longing, memory….

I prefer an amp that adds 5% 2nd order harmonics over one which adds 0.01% 5th order harmonics.

I prefer amplifier that does not add any distortion. My Benchmark AHB2 has THD=0.00011% (-119dB, inaudible). Any distortion is coloring sound (reducing clarity).

One might prefer to look at the paintings thru yellow glasses. There is nothing wrong with it, but he doesn't see what artist painted.

@kijanki 

"One might prefer to look at the paintings thru yellow glasses"

Colours would be visible fundamental wavelengths/frequencies.  Not harmonics of the fundamental.

We seem to have another undefined word - "clarity".

Fidelity literally means faithfulness to something. If we're talking about music reproduction, true fidelity will get you musicality. 

All the best,
Nonoise

Colours would be visible fundamental wavelengths/frequencies. Not harmonics of the fundamental.

We’re not talking about harmonics in the recorded music, but harmonics added where they did not exist at all. Adding harmonics to piano, that are different than piano overtones, is distorting piano sound (creating beats). You might like it, but it is distorted sound with reduced clarity. Trying to cover bright metal dome tweeter with warm sounding gear is adding further reduction in clarity. Now, we have both odd and even harmonics added, when replacing tweeter (or speakers) seems to be the better choice, at least to me.