What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'?


Once in awhile, I hear the term 'this amp is more musical' for some amps. To describe sound, I know there is 'imaging' and 'sound stage'. What exactly is meant by 'more musical' when used to describe amp?

dman777

I've lost count of the number of times that this question has been asked in one way or another. Snore...

This is the term that should have no place in audiophile community. It may mean too many things and so in a sense it has no meaning.

 

Meaningless post should had no place in audiophile community . These kind of post means all the same void of thinking , without doubt they had no meaning ...😁

Banning a word concept instead of refering to the specific conditions of his experience is the peak of non sense ...

This is the term that should have no place in audiophile community. It may mean too many things and so in a sense it has no meaning.

I guess it means different things to different listeners. To me it means the amp and/or system it is in produces a sound that is closer to the sound and, more importantly, the soul of real music than to the sound of hi-fi. This may also be attributed to whether the said component has a top-down or bottom-up presentation. Just remember that the music is in the midrange.

I would add "continuousness and coherence" in the sense that an unmusical system can make it sound like the music is being played by musicians who don't quite gel together and can't play "in the pocket".

That's not an exclusive description, however, since I also find etched sounding systems to be unmusical i.e. systems where the components emphasise the leading edge of notes but are harmonically lean or thin. Such systems can be coherent, but tonally, they don't sound real.