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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 808 
Look at this photograph... 807 
Musical Intelligence 807 
There is definitely truth to that 807 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 807 
HiFi it is then 806 
Real vs Emotional 806 
Think about ut. 806 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 806 
I like this subject 805 
Musicality 805 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 804 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 804 
Is Audio Personal? 804 
Please Continue! 804 
Is Audio Personal? 803 
I think audio is not about taste 803 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 803 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 803 
It can ONLY be personal 803 
That is a great subject 803 
Maybe 803 
A dead-end objective. 803 
It is not an objective 803 
Some examples 802 
Shaping Sound 802 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 801 
Favorite sound 801 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 801 
It is a very complex subject 800 
Sure, It is very complex 799 
I think you are very confused. 799 
DPOLS and Tone 799 
Perfect Electricity 799 
Tone vs transparency 799 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 799 
Proper setup meaning 799 
Transparancy vs. Density 799 
Density is an elusive thing 796 
Bingo! 796 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 795 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 795 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 793 
The Performance vs. Playback 793 
The Play of Differences 780 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 775 
Again With Time... 775 
Where is happyness? 773 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 773 
There IS high end without music! 772 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 772 
The Thread That Joins Us 772 
Live vs. (Re)produced 674 
"Just Stereo"? 582 
DPOLS 581 
Doing What We Can Do 581 
Audio Rules 580 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 335 
First hand experience 333 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 333 
What We Aim to Reproduce 297 
What is even possible? 297 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 296 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 296 
You look in the wrong direction.... 296 
Camus 296 
Granite is not always granite 296 
The 582 296 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 295 
Actually.... 295 
Words 294 
Not necessarily 293 
Bach is very much music... 293 
...or a duck.... 293 
Quantum Sakuma 293 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 293 
The psyche evolution... 293 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 290 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 290 
Word Soup and Truffles 289 
More about cable elevators.. 289 
.... and I have answers... 289 
Operating flawlessly 288 
Sharing the Wealth 288 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 288 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 286 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 286 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 285 
Recognitions 285 
My mileage does vary 284 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 284 
Being diabolical... 284 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 284 
Again With Perspective 284 
The quote of the year! 284 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 283 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 280 
How useful is any post? 277 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 277 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 277 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 277 
There is no conflict there. 276 
Here we go again... 275 
To be continued.... 275 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 273 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 272 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 272 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 272 
To be continued2... 272 
And this is why I am here 271 
Jung 269 
Too late ! :-) 268 
Mazel Tov! 268 
Thanks 260 
If you want to think about it more... 260 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 233 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 232 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 232 
Music by Proxy 232 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 232 
Ars Gratia Artis 232 
Proof of Concept 201 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 179 
Huge topic 179 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 179 
Pragmatism 179 
Appreciation 179 
Oy. Vey! 179 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 171 
The rest is noise 170 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 170 
My Wall. 169 
The Rest of the Story 169 
This is the whole irony 169 
It depends... 169 
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