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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 815 
Look at this photograph... 814 
Musical Intelligence 814 
There is definitely truth to that 814 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 814 
HiFi it is then 813 
Real vs Emotional 813 
Think about ut. 813 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 813 
I like this subject 812 
Musicality 812 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 811 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 811 
Is Audio Personal? 811 
Please Continue! 811 
Is Audio Personal? 810 
I think audio is not about taste 810 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 810 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 810 
It can ONLY be personal 810 
That is a great subject 810 
Maybe 810 
A dead-end objective. 810 
It is not an objective 810 
Some examples 809 
Shaping Sound 809 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 808 
Favorite sound 808 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 808 
It is a very complex subject 807 
Sure, It is very complex 806 
I think you are very confused. 806 
DPOLS and Tone 806 
Perfect Electricity 806 
Tone vs transparency 806 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 806 
Proper setup meaning 806 
Transparancy vs. Density 806 
Density is an elusive thing 803 
Bingo! 803 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 802 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 802 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 800 
The Performance vs. Playback 800 
The Play of Differences 787 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 782 
Again With Time... 782 
Where is happyness? 780 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 780 
There IS high end without music! 779 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 779 
The Thread That Joins Us 779 
Live vs. (Re)produced 681 
"Just Stereo"? 589 
DPOLS 588 
Doing What We Can Do 588 
Audio Rules 587 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 342 
First hand experience 340 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 340 
What We Aim to Reproduce 304 
What is even possible? 304 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 303 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 303 
You look in the wrong direction.... 303 
Camus 303 
Granite is not always granite 303 
The 582 303 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 302 
Actually.... 302 
Words 301 
Not necessarily 300 
Bach is very much music... 300 
...or a duck.... 300 
Quantum Sakuma 300 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 300 
The psyche evolution... 300 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 297 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 297 
Word Soup and Truffles 296 
More about cable elevators.. 296 
.... and I have answers... 296 
Operating flawlessly 295 
Sharing the Wealth 295 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 295 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 293 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 293 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 292 
Recognitions 292 
My mileage does vary 291 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 291 
Being diabolical... 291 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 291 
Again With Perspective 291 
The quote of the year! 291 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 290 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 287 
How useful is any post? 284 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 284 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 284 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 284 
There is no conflict there. 283 
Here we go again... 282 
To be continued.... 282 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 280 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 279 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 279 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 279 
To be continued2... 279 
And this is why I am here 278 
Jung 276 
Too late ! :-) 275 
Mazel Tov! 275 
Thanks 267 
If you want to think about it more... 267 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 240 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 239 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 239 
Music by Proxy 239 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 239 
Ars Gratia Artis 239 
Proof of Concept 208 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 186 
Huge topic 186 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 186 
Pragmatism 186 
Appreciation 186 
Oy. Vey! 186 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 178 
The rest is noise 177 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 177 
My Wall. 176 
The Rest of the Story 176 
This is the whole irony 176 
It depends... 176 
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