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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 785 
Look at this photograph... 784 
Musical Intelligence 784 
There is definitely truth to that 784 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 784 
HiFi it is then 783 
Real vs Emotional 783 
Think about ut. 783 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 783 
I like this subject 782 
Musicality 782 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 781 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 781 
Is Audio Personal? 781 
Please Continue! 781 
Is Audio Personal? 780 
I think audio is not about taste 780 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 780 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 780 
It can ONLY be personal 780 
That is a great subject 780 
Maybe 780 
A dead-end objective. 780 
It is not an objective 780 
Some examples 779 
Shaping Sound 779 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 778 
Favorite sound 778 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 778 
It is a very complex subject 777 
Sure, It is very complex 776 
I think you are very confused. 776 
DPOLS and Tone 776 
Perfect Electricity 776 
Tone vs transparency 776 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 776 
Proper setup meaning 776 
Transparancy vs. Density 776 
Density is an elusive thing 773 
Bingo! 773 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 772 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 772 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 770 
The Performance vs. Playback 770 
The Play of Differences 757 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 752 
Again With Time... 752 
Where is happyness? 750 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 750 
There IS high end without music! 749 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 749 
The Thread That Joins Us 749 
Live vs. (Re)produced 651 
"Just Stereo"? 559 
DPOLS 558 
Doing What We Can Do 558 
Audio Rules 557 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 312 
First hand experience 310 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 310 
What We Aim to Reproduce 274 
What is even possible? 274 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 273 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 273 
You look in the wrong direction.... 273 
Camus 273 
Granite is not always granite 273 
The 582 273 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 272 
Actually.... 272 
Words 271 
Not necessarily 270 
Bach is very much music... 270 
...or a duck.... 270 
Quantum Sakuma 270 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 270 
The psyche evolution... 270 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 267 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 267 
Word Soup and Truffles 266 
More about cable elevators.. 266 
.... and I have answers... 266 
Operating flawlessly 265 
Sharing the Wealth 265 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 265 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 263 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 263 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 262 
Recognitions 262 
My mileage does vary 261 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 261 
Being diabolical... 261 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 261 
Again With Perspective 261 
The quote of the year! 261 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 260 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 257 
How useful is any post? 254 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 254 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 254 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 254 
There is no conflict there. 253 
Here we go again... 252 
To be continued.... 252 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 250 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 249 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 249 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 249 
To be continued2... 249 
And this is why I am here 248 
Jung 246 
Too late ! :-) 245 
Mazel Tov! 245 
Thanks 237 
If you want to think about it more... 237 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 210 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 209 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 209 
Music by Proxy 209 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 209 
Ars Gratia Artis 209 
Proof of Concept 178 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 156 
Huge topic 156 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 156 
Pragmatism 156 
Appreciation 156 
Oy. Vey! 156 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 148 
The rest is noise 147 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 147 
My Wall. 146 
The Rest of the Story 146 
This is the whole irony 146 
It depends... 146 
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