Everything that is important in describing musicality has been expressed here in one way or another by nearly every poster. I awarded most every post with + votes, admiring how much work went into the thought and emotion expressed. This is exactly what Audiogon should be about.
My addition to the topic would be to say that for my own system, my effort has been to achieve musicality to the degree that I may play every piece of music I own. Certainly there are tremendous quality differences among my thousands of pieces of software. A system that can play them all, hear them for what they are, remain emotionally engaged, and on occasion be convinced it is real, is about as good as it gets. Great thread!
My addition to the topic would be to say that for my own system, my effort has been to achieve musicality to the degree that I may play every piece of music I own. Certainly there are tremendous quality differences among my thousands of pieces of software. A system that can play them all, hear them for what they are, remain emotionally engaged, and on occasion be convinced it is real, is about as good as it gets. Great thread!