Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound?

The concept of "accuracy" is misleading completely here...

Accuracy in electrical engineering is not accuracy in digital engineering nor accuracy in music experience nor accuracy in physical acoustics nor accuracy in psycho-acoustics perspective... And accuracy for audiophiles is not any of these different accuracy concepts, it is most of the time gear choices  related though not musically and acoustically related first and last ..

It is why we must study fundamental basic acoustics and psycho-acoustics concepts to understand what we spoke about speaking of "accuracy"...

Accuracy is most of the time a design marketing keyword used most of the time coming from electrical engineering measured specs or from digital audio engineering coming from Fourier analysis...

An audio system well embedded must sound NATURAL not "accurate"...Musical not "detailed"...

And all this it is not grounded on our tastes for some gear component or branded name so much as grounded in acoustics knowledge and controlled factors in a general sense of the word including psycho-acoustics when we learn how to embed an audio system nevermind his price ...

Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound?

Yes.

What you are listening to is recorded music. 

@mapman +1 Well said!

The essence of music is conveyed via emotional component of it not via its mathematical constructs. But the mathematical constructs are necessary to make music happen at all.

Most of the recordings that I listen to are quite bad. If I can somehow make them sound a little better I will do it. But I would not be doing too much of a "remastering engineering" either. I'll try to find a balance. 

Live music is not hyper detailed, it is just detailed.

My oscilloscope doesn't have a job, and hasn't lost friends to pursue this hobby.  I do.  The critics don't pull money out  of their wallets to buy new gear for my home. I do.  I'll buy what I like to listen to.

I have tried a variety of gear over the years and have mostly kept the stuff that I enjoy listening to.  My predominate criteria have been tone and dynamics, and I have been fortunate to acquire gear that is also quiet, smooth, and generally accurate-sounding compared to live music I listen to.  I have no illusion that I am listening to anything but recorded music played back on a home system but the rich tonal quality and generally powerful dynamic response both go a long way toward my enjoyment.  I pay almost no attention to measurements, audiophile-type analyses, or comparisons with idealized references.