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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 749 
Look at this photograph... 748 
Musical Intelligence 748 
There is definitely truth to that 748 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 748 
HiFi it is then 747 
Real vs Emotional 747 
Think about ut. 747 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 747 
I like this subject 746 
Musicality 746 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 745 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 745 
Is Audio Personal? 745 
Please Continue! 745 
Is Audio Personal? 744 
I think audio is not about taste 744 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 744 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 744 
It can ONLY be personal 744 
That is a great subject 744 
Maybe 744 
A dead-end objective. 744 
It is not an objective 744 
Some examples 743 
Shaping Sound 743 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 742 
Favorite sound 742 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 742 
It is a very complex subject 741 
Sure, It is very complex 740 
I think you are very confused. 740 
DPOLS and Tone 740 
Perfect Electricity 740 
Tone vs transparency 740 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 740 
Proper setup meaning 740 
Transparancy vs. Density 740 
Density is an elusive thing 737 
Bingo! 737 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 736 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 736 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 734 
The Performance vs. Playback 734 
The Play of Differences 721 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 716 
Again With Time... 716 
Where is happyness? 714 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 714 
There IS high end without music! 713 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 713 
The Thread That Joins Us 713 
Live vs. (Re)produced 615 
"Just Stereo"? 523 
DPOLS 522 
Doing What We Can Do 522 
Audio Rules 521 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 276 
First hand experience 274 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 274 
What We Aim to Reproduce 238 
What is even possible? 238 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 237 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 237 
You look in the wrong direction.... 237 
Camus 237 
Granite is not always granite 237 
The 582 237 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 236 
Actually.... 236 
Words 235 
Not necessarily 234 
Bach is very much music... 234 
...or a duck.... 234 
Quantum Sakuma 234 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 234 
The psyche evolution... 234 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 231 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 231 
Word Soup and Truffles 230 
More about cable elevators.. 230 
.... and I have answers... 230 
Operating flawlessly 229 
Sharing the Wealth 229 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 229 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 227 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 227 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 226 
Recognitions 226 
My mileage does vary 225 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 225 
Being diabolical... 225 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 225 
Again With Perspective 225 
The quote of the year! 225 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 224 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 221 
How useful is any post? 218 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 218 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 218 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 218 
There is no conflict there. 217 
Here we go again... 216 
To be continued.... 216 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 214 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 213 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 213 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 213 
To be continued2... 213 
And this is why I am here 212 
Jung 210 
Too late ! :-) 209 
Mazel Tov! 209 
Thanks 201 
If you want to think about it more... 201 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 174 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 173 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 173 
Music by Proxy 173 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 173 
Ars Gratia Artis 173 
Proof of Concept 142 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 120 
Huge topic 120 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 120 
Pragmatism 120 
Appreciation 120 
Oy. Vey! 120 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 112 
The rest is noise 111 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 111 
My Wall. 110 
The Rest of the Story 110 
This is the whole irony 110 
It depends... 110 
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