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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 750 
Look at this photograph... 749 
Musical Intelligence 749 
There is definitely truth to that 749 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 749 
HiFi it is then 748 
Real vs Emotional 748 
Think about ut. 748 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 748 
I like this subject 747 
Musicality 747 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 746 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 746 
Is Audio Personal? 746 
Please Continue! 746 
Is Audio Personal? 745 
I think audio is not about taste 745 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 745 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 745 
It can ONLY be personal 745 
That is a great subject 745 
Maybe 745 
A dead-end objective. 745 
It is not an objective 745 
Some examples 744 
Shaping Sound 744 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 743 
Favorite sound 743 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 743 
It is a very complex subject 742 
Sure, It is very complex 741 
I think you are very confused. 741 
DPOLS and Tone 741 
Perfect Electricity 741 
Tone vs transparency 741 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 741 
Proper setup meaning 741 
Transparancy vs. Density 741 
Density is an elusive thing 738 
Bingo! 738 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 737 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 737 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 735 
The Performance vs. Playback 735 
The Play of Differences 722 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 717 
Again With Time... 717 
Where is happyness? 715 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 715 
There IS high end without music! 714 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 714 
The Thread That Joins Us 714 
Live vs. (Re)produced 616 
"Just Stereo"? 524 
DPOLS 523 
Doing What We Can Do 523 
Audio Rules 522 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 277 
First hand experience 275 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 275 
What We Aim to Reproduce 239 
What is even possible? 239 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 238 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 238 
You look in the wrong direction.... 238 
Camus 238 
Granite is not always granite 238 
The 582 238 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 237 
Actually.... 237 
Words 236 
Not necessarily 235 
Bach is very much music... 235 
...or a duck.... 235 
Quantum Sakuma 235 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 235 
The psyche evolution... 235 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 232 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 232 
Word Soup and Truffles 231 
More about cable elevators.. 231 
.... and I have answers... 231 
Operating flawlessly 230 
Sharing the Wealth 230 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 230 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 228 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 228 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 227 
Recognitions 227 
My mileage does vary 226 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 226 
Being diabolical... 226 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 226 
Again With Perspective 226 
The quote of the year! 226 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 225 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 222 
How useful is any post? 219 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 219 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 219 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 219 
There is no conflict there. 218 
Here we go again... 217 
To be continued.... 217 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 215 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 214 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 214 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 214 
To be continued2... 214 
And this is why I am here 213 
Jung 211 
Too late ! :-) 210 
Mazel Tov! 210 
Thanks 202 
If you want to think about it more... 202 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 175 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 174 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 174 
Music by Proxy 174 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 174 
Ars Gratia Artis 174 
Proof of Concept 143 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 121 
Huge topic 121 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 121 
Pragmatism 121 
Appreciation 121 
Oy. Vey! 121 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 113 
The rest is noise 112 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 112 
My Wall. 111 
The Rest of the Story 111 
This is the whole irony 111 
It depends... 111 
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