Musical Speakers - If you like that sort of thing.

Not everyone has the same goals in any hobby including music and audio. Neutrality and accuracy may be consider good things in general but not everybody values these most. So what? That's fine in my eyes. Variety is what makes the world go round. I could have 5 totally different sounding speakers in my system and enjoy each, though all cannot be equally accurate or neutral.

Personally, if I'm investing all my eggs in one basket however, neutrality and accuracy are generally attributes of systems that are keepers. Its a given for me also that the music will sound good. "Musical" means whatever somebody wants it to mean. it cannot be determined via objective measurements alone. Usually, in the end, all it means is that the music sounds good to them.

Grannyring,

I share your wants but am not very forgiving in regards to loose bass, etc.

Few speakers I can afford other than the OHM omni's I have run for years satisfy these wants for me yet most consider them to be very neutral.

"She has an illusion, and you have reality. May your way be as pleasant. "

--"The Keeper" from the original Star Trek pilot episode 'The Cage"

Which Vina do you prefer? Reality or illusion?

Pretty Vina and Real Vina

"What is accuracy"

Its getting the signal present in the source material (record, CD) through in a cleanly amplified electrical state to the speakers so the speakers can then attempt to accurately convert the signal into sound.

Another way to look at it is that the system as a whole operates within certain tolerances in performing this task overall.

How accurate the end result actually is compared to the original performances that comprise the recording is a combination of how the performances were recorded and then how well delivered through the audio system (and the room it plays in) to your ears.

How accurate this whole process is in regards to what was originally played is highly variable and debatable to the extent that the quality of the end result is highly subjective, but again only within certain tolerances to be considered "hifi" reproduction. Individual tolerances for what sounds good vary widely as well.

In other words, don't sweat it too much and just enjoy the music!