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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 572 
Look at this photograph... 571 
Musical Intelligence 571 
There is definitely truth to that 571 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 571 
HiFi it is then 570 
Real vs Emotional 570 
Think about ut. 570 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 570 
I like this subject 569 
Musicality 569 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 568 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 568 
Is Audio Personal? 568 
Please Continue! 568 
Is Audio Personal? 567 
I think audio is not about taste 567 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 567 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 567 
It can ONLY be personal 567 
That is a great subject 567 
Maybe 567 
A dead-end objective. 567 
It is not an objective 567 
Some examples 566 
Shaping Sound 566 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 565 
Favorite sound 565 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 565 
It is a very complex subject 564 
Sure, It is very complex 563 
I think you are very confused. 563 
DPOLS and Tone 563 
Perfect Electricity 563 
Tone vs transparency 563 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 563 
Proper setup meaning 563 
Transparancy vs. Density 563 
Density is an elusive thing 560 
Bingo! 560 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 559 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 559 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 557 
The Performance vs. Playback 557 
The Play of Differences 544 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 539 
Again With Time... 539 
Where is happyness? 537 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 537 
There IS high end without music! 536 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 536 
The Thread That Joins Us 536 
Live vs. (Re)produced 438 
"Just Stereo"? 346 
DPOLS 345 
Doing What We Can Do 345 
Audio Rules 344 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 99 
First hand experience 97 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 97 
What We Aim to Reproduce 61 
What is even possible? 61 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 60 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 60 
You look in the wrong direction.... 60 
Camus 60 
Granite is not always granite 60 
The 582 60 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 59 
Actually.... 59 
Words 58 
Not necessarily 57 
Bach is very much music... 57 
...or a duck.... 57 
Quantum Sakuma 57 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 57 
The psyche evolution... 57 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 54 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 54 
Word Soup and Truffles 53 
More about cable elevators.. 53 
.... and I have answers... 53 
Operating flawlessly 52 
Sharing the Wealth 52 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 52 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 50 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 50 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 49 
Recognitions 49 
My mileage does vary 48 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 48 
Being diabolical... 48 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 48 
Again With Perspective 48 
The quote of the year! 48 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 47 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 44 
How useful is any post? 41 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 41 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 41 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 41 
There is no conflict there. 40 
Here we go again... 39 
To be continued.... 39 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 37 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 36 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 36 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 36 
To be continued2... 36 
And this is why I am here 35 
Jung 33 
Too late ! :-) 32 
Mazel Tov! 32 
Thanks 24 
If you want to think about it more... 24 
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