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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 761 
Look at this photograph... 760 
Musical Intelligence 760 
There is definitely truth to that 760 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 760 
HiFi it is then 759 
Real vs Emotional 759 
Think about ut. 759 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 759 
I like this subject 758 
Musicality 758 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 757 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 757 
Is Audio Personal? 757 
Please Continue! 757 
Is Audio Personal? 756 
I think audio is not about taste 756 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 756 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 756 
It can ONLY be personal 756 
That is a great subject 756 
Maybe 756 
A dead-end objective. 756 
It is not an objective 756 
Some examples 755 
Shaping Sound 755 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 754 
Favorite sound 754 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 754 
It is a very complex subject 753 
Sure, It is very complex 752 
I think you are very confused. 752 
DPOLS and Tone 752 
Perfect Electricity 752 
Tone vs transparency 752 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 752 
Proper setup meaning 752 
Transparancy vs. Density 752 
Density is an elusive thing 749 
Bingo! 749 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 748 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 748 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 746 
The Performance vs. Playback 746 
The Play of Differences 733 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 728 
Again With Time... 728 
Where is happyness? 726 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 726 
There IS high end without music! 725 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 725 
The Thread That Joins Us 725 
Live vs. (Re)produced 627 
"Just Stereo"? 535 
DPOLS 534 
Doing What We Can Do 534 
Audio Rules 533 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 288 
First hand experience 286 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 286 
What We Aim to Reproduce 250 
What is even possible? 250 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 249 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 249 
You look in the wrong direction.... 249 
Camus 249 
Granite is not always granite 249 
The 582 249 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 248 
Actually.... 248 
Words 247 
Not necessarily 246 
Bach is very much music... 246 
...or a duck.... 246 
Quantum Sakuma 246 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 246 
The psyche evolution... 246 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 243 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 243 
Word Soup and Truffles 242 
More about cable elevators.. 242 
.... and I have answers... 242 
Operating flawlessly 241 
Sharing the Wealth 241 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 241 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 239 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 239 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 238 
Recognitions 238 
My mileage does vary 237 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 237 
Being diabolical... 237 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 237 
Again With Perspective 237 
The quote of the year! 237 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 236 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 233 
How useful is any post? 230 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 230 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 230 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 230 
There is no conflict there. 229 
Here we go again... 228 
To be continued.... 228 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 226 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 225 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 225 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 225 
To be continued2... 225 
And this is why I am here 224 
Jung 222 
Too late ! :-) 221 
Mazel Tov! 221 
Thanks 213 
If you want to think about it more... 213 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 186 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 185 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 185 
Music by Proxy 185 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 185 
Ars Gratia Artis 185 
Proof of Concept 154 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 132 
Huge topic 132 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 132 
Pragmatism 132 
Appreciation 132 
Oy. Vey! 132 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 124 
The rest is noise 123 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 123 
My Wall. 122 
The Rest of the Story 122 
This is the whole irony 122 
It depends... 122 
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