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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 741 
Look at this photograph... 740 
Musical Intelligence 740 
There is definitely truth to that 740 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 740 
HiFi it is then 739 
Real vs Emotional 739 
Think about ut. 739 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 739 
I like this subject 738 
Musicality 738 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 737 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 737 
Is Audio Personal? 737 
Please Continue! 737 
Is Audio Personal? 736 
I think audio is not about taste 736 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 736 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 736 
It can ONLY be personal 736 
That is a great subject 736 
Maybe 736 
A dead-end objective. 736 
It is not an objective 736 
Some examples 735 
Shaping Sound 735 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 734 
Favorite sound 734 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 734 
It is a very complex subject 733 
Sure, It is very complex 732 
I think you are very confused. 732 
DPOLS and Tone 732 
Perfect Electricity 732 
Tone vs transparency 732 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 732 
Proper setup meaning 732 
Transparancy vs. Density 732 
Density is an elusive thing 729 
Bingo! 729 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 728 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 728 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 726 
The Performance vs. Playback 726 
The Play of Differences 713 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 708 
Again With Time... 708 
Where is happyness? 706 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 706 
There IS high end without music! 705 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 705 
The Thread That Joins Us 705 
Live vs. (Re)produced 607 
"Just Stereo"? 515 
DPOLS 514 
Doing What We Can Do 514 
Audio Rules 513 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 268 
First hand experience 266 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 266 
What We Aim to Reproduce 230 
What is even possible? 230 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 229 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 229 
You look in the wrong direction.... 229 
Camus 229 
Granite is not always granite 229 
The 582 229 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 228 
Actually.... 228 
Words 227 
Not necessarily 226 
Bach is very much music... 226 
...or a duck.... 226 
Quantum Sakuma 226 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 226 
The psyche evolution... 226 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 223 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 223 
Word Soup and Truffles 222 
More about cable elevators.. 222 
.... and I have answers... 222 
Operating flawlessly 221 
Sharing the Wealth 221 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 221 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 219 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 219 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 218 
Recognitions 218 
My mileage does vary 217 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 217 
Being diabolical... 217 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 217 
Again With Perspective 217 
The quote of the year! 217 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 216 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 213 
How useful is any post? 210 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 210 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 210 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 210 
There is no conflict there. 209 
Here we go again... 208 
To be continued.... 208 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 206 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 205 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 205 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 205 
To be continued2... 205 
And this is why I am here 204 
Jung 202 
Too late ! :-) 201 
Mazel Tov! 201 
Thanks 193 
If you want to think about it more... 193 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 166 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 165 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 165 
Music by Proxy 165 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 165 
Ars Gratia Artis 165 
Proof of Concept 134 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 112 
Huge topic 112 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 112 
Pragmatism 112 
Appreciation 112 
Oy. Vey! 112 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 104 
The rest is noise 103 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 103 
My Wall. 102 
The Rest of the Story 102 
This is the whole irony 102 
It depends... 102 
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