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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 744 
Look at this photograph... 743 
Musical Intelligence 743 
There is definitely truth to that 743 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 743 
HiFi it is then 742 
Real vs Emotional 742 
Think about ut. 742 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 742 
I like this subject 741 
Musicality 741 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 740 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 740 
Is Audio Personal? 740 
Please Continue! 740 
Is Audio Personal? 739 
I think audio is not about taste 739 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 739 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 739 
It can ONLY be personal 739 
That is a great subject 739 
Maybe 739 
A dead-end objective. 739 
It is not an objective 739 
Some examples 738 
Shaping Sound 738 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 737 
Favorite sound 737 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 737 
It is a very complex subject 736 
Sure, It is very complex 735 
I think you are very confused. 735 
DPOLS and Tone 735 
Perfect Electricity 735 
Tone vs transparency 735 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 735 
Proper setup meaning 735 
Transparancy vs. Density 735 
Density is an elusive thing 732 
Bingo! 732 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 731 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 731 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 729 
The Performance vs. Playback 729 
The Play of Differences 716 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 711 
Again With Time... 711 
Where is happyness? 709 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 709 
There IS high end without music! 708 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 708 
The Thread That Joins Us 708 
Live vs. (Re)produced 610 
"Just Stereo"? 518 
DPOLS 517 
Doing What We Can Do 517 
Audio Rules 516 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 271 
First hand experience 269 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 269 
What We Aim to Reproduce 233 
What is even possible? 233 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 232 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 232 
You look in the wrong direction.... 232 
Camus 232 
Granite is not always granite 232 
The 582 232 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 231 
Actually.... 231 
Words 230 
Not necessarily 229 
Bach is very much music... 229 
...or a duck.... 229 
Quantum Sakuma 229 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 229 
The psyche evolution... 229 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 226 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 226 
Word Soup and Truffles 225 
More about cable elevators.. 225 
.... and I have answers... 225 
Operating flawlessly 224 
Sharing the Wealth 224 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 224 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 222 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 222 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 221 
Recognitions 221 
My mileage does vary 220 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 220 
Being diabolical... 220 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 220 
Again With Perspective 220 
The quote of the year! 220 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 219 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 216 
How useful is any post? 213 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 213 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 213 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 213 
There is no conflict there. 212 
Here we go again... 211 
To be continued.... 211 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 209 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 208 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 208 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 208 
To be continued2... 208 
And this is why I am here 207 
Jung 205 
Too late ! :-) 204 
Mazel Tov! 204 
Thanks 196 
If you want to think about it more... 196 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 169 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 168 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 168 
Music by Proxy 168 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 168 
Ars Gratia Artis 168 
Proof of Concept 137 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 115 
Huge topic 115 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 115 
Pragmatism 115 
Appreciation 115 
Oy. Vey! 115 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 107 
The rest is noise 106 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 106 
My Wall. 105 
The Rest of the Story 105 
This is the whole irony 105 
It depends... 105 
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