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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 792 
Look at this photograph... 791 
Musical Intelligence 791 
There is definitely truth to that 791 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 791 
HiFi it is then 790 
Real vs Emotional 790 
Think about ut. 790 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 790 
I like this subject 789 
Musicality 789 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 788 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 788 
Is Audio Personal? 788 
Please Continue! 788 
Is Audio Personal? 787 
I think audio is not about taste 787 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 787 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 787 
It can ONLY be personal 787 
That is a great subject 787 
Maybe 787 
A dead-end objective. 787 
It is not an objective 787 
Some examples 786 
Shaping Sound 786 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 785 
Favorite sound 785 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 785 
It is a very complex subject 784 
Sure, It is very complex 783 
I think you are very confused. 783 
DPOLS and Tone 783 
Perfect Electricity 783 
Tone vs transparency 783 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 783 
Proper setup meaning 783 
Transparancy vs. Density 783 
Density is an elusive thing 780 
Bingo! 780 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 779 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 779 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 777 
The Performance vs. Playback 777 
The Play of Differences 764 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 759 
Again With Time... 759 
Where is happyness? 757 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 757 
There IS high end without music! 756 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 756 
The Thread That Joins Us 756 
Live vs. (Re)produced 658 
"Just Stereo"? 566 
DPOLS 565 
Doing What We Can Do 565 
Audio Rules 564 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 319 
First hand experience 317 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 317 
What We Aim to Reproduce 281 
What is even possible? 281 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 280 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 280 
You look in the wrong direction.... 280 
Camus 280 
Granite is not always granite 280 
The 582 280 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 279 
Actually.... 279 
Words 278 
Not necessarily 277 
Bach is very much music... 277 
...or a duck.... 277 
Quantum Sakuma 277 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 277 
The psyche evolution... 277 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 274 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 274 
Word Soup and Truffles 273 
More about cable elevators.. 273 
.... and I have answers... 273 
Operating flawlessly 272 
Sharing the Wealth 272 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 272 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 270 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 270 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 269 
Recognitions 269 
My mileage does vary 268 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 268 
Being diabolical... 268 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 268 
Again With Perspective 268 
The quote of the year! 268 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 267 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 264 
How useful is any post? 261 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 261 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 261 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 261 
There is no conflict there. 260 
Here we go again... 259 
To be continued.... 259 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 257 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 256 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 256 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 256 
To be continued2... 256 
And this is why I am here 255 
Jung 253 
Too late ! :-) 252 
Mazel Tov! 252 
Thanks 244 
If you want to think about it more... 244 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 217 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 216 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 216 
Music by Proxy 216 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 216 
Ars Gratia Artis 216 
Proof of Concept 185 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 163 
Huge topic 163 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 163 
Pragmatism 163 
Appreciation 163 
Oy. Vey! 163 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 155 
The rest is noise 154 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 154 
My Wall. 153 
The Rest of the Story 153 
This is the whole irony 153 
It depends... 153 
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