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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 787 
Look at this photograph... 786 
Musical Intelligence 786 
There is definitely truth to that 786 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 786 
HiFi it is then 785 
Real vs Emotional 785 
Think about ut. 785 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 785 
I like this subject 784 
Musicality 784 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 783 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 783 
Is Audio Personal? 783 
Please Continue! 783 
Is Audio Personal? 782 
I think audio is not about taste 782 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 782 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 782 
It can ONLY be personal 782 
That is a great subject 782 
Maybe 782 
A dead-end objective. 782 
It is not an objective 782 
Some examples 781 
Shaping Sound 781 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 780 
Favorite sound 780 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 780 
It is a very complex subject 779 
Sure, It is very complex 778 
I think you are very confused. 778 
DPOLS and Tone 778 
Perfect Electricity 778 
Tone vs transparency 778 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 778 
Proper setup meaning 778 
Transparancy vs. Density 778 
Density is an elusive thing 775 
Bingo! 775 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 774 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 774 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 772 
The Performance vs. Playback 772 
The Play of Differences 759 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 754 
Again With Time... 754 
Where is happyness? 752 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 752 
There IS high end without music! 751 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 751 
The Thread That Joins Us 751 
Live vs. (Re)produced 653 
"Just Stereo"? 561 
DPOLS 560 
Doing What We Can Do 560 
Audio Rules 559 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 314 
First hand experience 312 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 312 
What We Aim to Reproduce 276 
What is even possible? 276 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 275 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 275 
You look in the wrong direction.... 275 
Camus 275 
Granite is not always granite 275 
The 582 275 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 274 
Actually.... 274 
Words 273 
Not necessarily 272 
Bach is very much music... 272 
...or a duck.... 272 
Quantum Sakuma 272 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 272 
The psyche evolution... 272 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 269 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 269 
Word Soup and Truffles 268 
More about cable elevators.. 268 
.... and I have answers... 268 
Operating flawlessly 267 
Sharing the Wealth 267 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 267 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 265 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 265 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 264 
Recognitions 264 
My mileage does vary 263 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 263 
Being diabolical... 263 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 263 
Again With Perspective 263 
The quote of the year! 263 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 262 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 259 
How useful is any post? 256 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 256 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 256 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 256 
There is no conflict there. 255 
Here we go again... 254 
To be continued.... 254 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 252 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 251 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 251 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 251 
To be continued2... 251 
And this is why I am here 250 
Jung 248 
Too late ! :-) 247 
Mazel Tov! 247 
Thanks 239 
If you want to think about it more... 239 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 212 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 211 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 211 
Music by Proxy 211 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 211 
Ars Gratia Artis 211 
Proof of Concept 180 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 158 
Huge topic 158 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 158 
Pragmatism 158 
Appreciation 158 
Oy. Vey! 158 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 150 
The rest is noise 149 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 149 
My Wall. 148 
The Rest of the Story 148 
This is the whole irony 148 
It depends... 148 
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