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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 789 
Look at this photograph... 788 
Musical Intelligence 788 
There is definitely truth to that 788 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 788 
HiFi it is then 787 
Real vs Emotional 787 
Think about ut. 787 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 787 
I like this subject 786 
Musicality 786 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 785 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 785 
Is Audio Personal? 785 
Please Continue! 785 
Is Audio Personal? 784 
I think audio is not about taste 784 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 784 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 784 
It can ONLY be personal 784 
That is a great subject 784 
Maybe 784 
A dead-end objective. 784 
It is not an objective 784 
Some examples 783 
Shaping Sound 783 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 782 
Favorite sound 782 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 782 
It is a very complex subject 781 
Sure, It is very complex 780 
I think you are very confused. 780 
DPOLS and Tone 780 
Perfect Electricity 780 
Tone vs transparency 780 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 780 
Proper setup meaning 780 
Transparancy vs. Density 780 
Density is an elusive thing 777 
Bingo! 777 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 776 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 776 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 774 
The Performance vs. Playback 774 
The Play of Differences 761 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 756 
Again With Time... 756 
Where is happyness? 754 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 754 
There IS high end without music! 753 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 753 
The Thread That Joins Us 753 
Live vs. (Re)produced 655 
"Just Stereo"? 563 
DPOLS 562 
Doing What We Can Do 562 
Audio Rules 561 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 316 
First hand experience 314 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 314 
What We Aim to Reproduce 278 
What is even possible? 278 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 277 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 277 
You look in the wrong direction.... 277 
Camus 277 
Granite is not always granite 277 
The 582 277 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 276 
Actually.... 276 
Words 275 
Not necessarily 274 
Bach is very much music... 274 
...or a duck.... 274 
Quantum Sakuma 274 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 274 
The psyche evolution... 274 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 271 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 271 
Word Soup and Truffles 270 
More about cable elevators.. 270 
.... and I have answers... 270 
Operating flawlessly 269 
Sharing the Wealth 269 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 269 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 267 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 267 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 266 
Recognitions 266 
My mileage does vary 265 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 265 
Being diabolical... 265 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 265 
Again With Perspective 265 
The quote of the year! 265 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 264 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 261 
How useful is any post? 258 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 258 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 258 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 258 
There is no conflict there. 257 
Here we go again... 256 
To be continued.... 256 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 254 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 253 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 253 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 253 
To be continued2... 253 
And this is why I am here 252 
Jung 250 
Too late ! :-) 249 
Mazel Tov! 249 
Thanks 241 
If you want to think about it more... 241 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 214 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 213 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 213 
Music by Proxy 213 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 213 
Ars Gratia Artis 213 
Proof of Concept 182 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 160 
Huge topic 160 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 160 
Pragmatism 160 
Appreciation 160 
Oy. Vey! 160 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 152 
The rest is noise 151 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 151 
My Wall. 150 
The Rest of the Story 150 
This is the whole irony 150 
It depends... 150 
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