How 'bout we start using a new term -- convincing. Does the sound fool you into momentarily believing there's no longer an electro-mechanical intermediary between you and the music?
What a brilliant suggestion! 'Convincing' - I love it.
On a good day, with a good recording I'd give my system an 8.
Otherwise we're talking 5 or 6.
The only system I heard that got near to what you're describing was a vinyl / tube system playing some 50s jazz LP through the Avantgarde Trios.
I should have stayed and listened longer, but it seemed so outlandishly out of my reach back then that I quickly dismissed it as an unreachable fantasy that might become uncomfortable if I became too familiar.
Many years later I'd now love to revisit that system to see if it could do the same with other material.
Perhaps someone with more experience of the Trios could chime in?