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I think the audiophile axiom of accuracy as a goal in audio needs to be questioned

You see when we judge sound quality of live music we have no standard or reference that we use as a goal. It really does just amount to how much it appeals to our personal aesthetic values. IOW if you like how live music sounds it sounds good.

so if this is our "reference" and yet that reference when you take a good hard close look at it ultimately is "if it sounds good to us it is good" then why can't we just cut to the chase and say the same for audio recording and playback?

And let's look at the opposite. Let's say we do choose to make "accuracy" our reference. Does that mean, for instance, that the recording of Yuja in Venezuela would be objectively better had they left in the orchestral imbalances, the poor piano tone and the horrific audience noise? It certainly would be more accurate. No way it would sound "better." So should we take "accuracy" over aesthetic beauty when they are at odds with each other?

I say no. I say sounds good = is good. I don't care about accuracy.

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