can have it both ways- good musical instrument has good mechanics & plays primary tones well and accurately, but with a beautiful voice. Good violin or acoustical guitar will drive an electronic tuner crazy with up to a dozen overtones- pleasant "distortion" if you will.Think I said PP was fine elect. eqpt if designed and built well- no reason to get personal. They amplify all the "distortion" created by musical instruments very well. I've gone to thinking the signals are too complex to quantify every single nuance, and people have to listen for good period of time to something and decided if they like it. Depends on what someone's goal is, though.