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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 753 
Look at this photograph... 752 
Musical Intelligence 752 
There is definitely truth to that 752 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 752 
HiFi it is then 751 
Real vs Emotional 751 
Think about ut. 751 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 751 
I like this subject 750 
Musicality 750 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 749 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 749 
Is Audio Personal? 749 
Please Continue! 749 
Is Audio Personal? 748 
I think audio is not about taste 748 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 748 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 748 
It can ONLY be personal 748 
That is a great subject 748 
Maybe 748 
A dead-end objective. 748 
It is not an objective 748 
Some examples 747 
Shaping Sound 747 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 746 
Favorite sound 746 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 746 
It is a very complex subject 745 
Sure, It is very complex 744 
I think you are very confused. 744 
DPOLS and Tone 744 
Perfect Electricity 744 
Tone vs transparency 744 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 744 
Proper setup meaning 744 
Transparancy vs. Density 744 
Density is an elusive thing 741 
Bingo! 741 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 740 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 740 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 738 
The Performance vs. Playback 738 
The Play of Differences 725 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 720 
Again With Time... 720 
Where is happyness? 718 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 718 
There IS high end without music! 717 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 717 
The Thread That Joins Us 717 
Live vs. (Re)produced 619 
"Just Stereo"? 527 
DPOLS 526 
Doing What We Can Do 526 
Audio Rules 525 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 280 
First hand experience 278 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 278 
What We Aim to Reproduce 242 
What is even possible? 242 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 241 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 241 
You look in the wrong direction.... 241 
Camus 241 
Granite is not always granite 241 
The 582 241 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 240 
Actually.... 240 
Words 239 
Not necessarily 238 
Bach is very much music... 238 
...or a duck.... 238 
Quantum Sakuma 238 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 238 
The psyche evolution... 238 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 235 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 235 
Word Soup and Truffles 234 
More about cable elevators.. 234 
.... and I have answers... 234 
Operating flawlessly 233 
Sharing the Wealth 233 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 233 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 231 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 231 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 230 
Recognitions 230 
My mileage does vary 229 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 229 
Being diabolical... 229 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 229 
Again With Perspective 229 
The quote of the year! 229 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 228 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 225 
How useful is any post? 222 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 222 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 222 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 222 
There is no conflict there. 221 
Here we go again... 220 
To be continued.... 220 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 218 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 217 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 217 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 217 
To be continued2... 217 
And this is why I am here 216 
Jung 214 
Too late ! :-) 213 
Mazel Tov! 213 
Thanks 205 
If you want to think about it more... 205 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 178 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 177 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 177 
Music by Proxy 177 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 177 
Ars Gratia Artis 177 
Proof of Concept 146 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 124 
Huge topic 124 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 124 
Pragmatism 124 
Appreciation 124 
Oy. Vey! 124 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 116 
The rest is noise 115 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 115 
My Wall. 114 
The Rest of the Story 114 
This is the whole irony 114 
It depends... 114 
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