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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 756 
Look at this photograph... 755 
Musical Intelligence 755 
There is definitely truth to that 755 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 755 
HiFi it is then 754 
Real vs Emotional 754 
Think about ut. 754 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 754 
I like this subject 753 
Musicality 753 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 752 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 752 
Is Audio Personal? 752 
Please Continue! 752 
Is Audio Personal? 751 
I think audio is not about taste 751 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 751 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 751 
It can ONLY be personal 751 
That is a great subject 751 
Maybe 751 
A dead-end objective. 751 
It is not an objective 751 
Some examples 750 
Shaping Sound 750 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 749 
Favorite sound 749 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 749 
It is a very complex subject 748 
Sure, It is very complex 747 
I think you are very confused. 747 
DPOLS and Tone 747 
Perfect Electricity 747 
Tone vs transparency 747 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 747 
Proper setup meaning 747 
Transparancy vs. Density 747 
Density is an elusive thing 744 
Bingo! 744 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 743 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 743 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 741 
The Performance vs. Playback 741 
The Play of Differences 728 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 723 
Again With Time... 723 
Where is happyness? 721 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 721 
There IS high end without music! 720 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 720 
The Thread That Joins Us 720 
Live vs. (Re)produced 622 
"Just Stereo"? 530 
DPOLS 529 
Doing What We Can Do 529 
Audio Rules 528 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 283 
First hand experience 281 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 281 
What We Aim to Reproduce 245 
What is even possible? 245 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 244 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 244 
You look in the wrong direction.... 244 
Camus 244 
Granite is not always granite 244 
The 582 244 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 243 
Actually.... 243 
Words 242 
Not necessarily 241 
Bach is very much music... 241 
...or a duck.... 241 
Quantum Sakuma 241 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 241 
The psyche evolution... 241 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 238 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 238 
Word Soup and Truffles 237 
More about cable elevators.. 237 
.... and I have answers... 237 
Operating flawlessly 236 
Sharing the Wealth 236 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 236 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 234 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 234 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 233 
Recognitions 233 
My mileage does vary 232 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 232 
Being diabolical... 232 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 232 
Again With Perspective 232 
The quote of the year! 232 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 231 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 228 
How useful is any post? 225 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 225 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 225 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 225 
There is no conflict there. 224 
Here we go again... 223 
To be continued.... 223 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 221 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 220 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 220 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 220 
To be continued2... 220 
And this is why I am here 219 
Jung 217 
Too late ! :-) 216 
Mazel Tov! 216 
Thanks 208 
If you want to think about it more... 208 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 181 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 180 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 180 
Music by Proxy 180 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 180 
Ars Gratia Artis 180 
Proof of Concept 149 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 127 
Huge topic 127 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 127 
Pragmatism 127 
Appreciation 127 
Oy. Vey! 127 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 119 
The rest is noise 118 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 118 
My Wall. 117 
The Rest of the Story 117 
This is the whole irony 117 
It depends... 117 
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