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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 794 
Look at this photograph... 793 
Musical Intelligence 793 
There is definitely truth to that 793 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 793 
HiFi it is then 792 
Real vs Emotional 792 
Think about ut. 792 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 792 
I like this subject 791 
Musicality 791 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 790 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 790 
Is Audio Personal? 790 
Please Continue! 790 
Is Audio Personal? 789 
I think audio is not about taste 789 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 789 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 789 
It can ONLY be personal 789 
That is a great subject 789 
Maybe 789 
A dead-end objective. 789 
It is not an objective 789 
Some examples 788 
Shaping Sound 788 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 787 
Favorite sound 787 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 787 
It is a very complex subject 786 
Sure, It is very complex 785 
I think you are very confused. 785 
DPOLS and Tone 785 
Perfect Electricity 785 
Tone vs transparency 785 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 785 
Proper setup meaning 785 
Transparancy vs. Density 785 
Density is an elusive thing 782 
Bingo! 782 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 781 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 781 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 779 
The Performance vs. Playback 779 
The Play of Differences 766 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 761 
Again With Time... 761 
Where is happyness? 759 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 759 
There IS high end without music! 758 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 758 
The Thread That Joins Us 758 
Live vs. (Re)produced 660 
"Just Stereo"? 568 
DPOLS 567 
Doing What We Can Do 567 
Audio Rules 566 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 321 
First hand experience 319 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 319 
What We Aim to Reproduce 283 
What is even possible? 283 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 282 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 282 
You look in the wrong direction.... 282 
Camus 282 
Granite is not always granite 282 
The 582 282 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 281 
Actually.... 281 
Words 280 
Not necessarily 279 
Bach is very much music... 279 
...or a duck.... 279 
Quantum Sakuma 279 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 279 
The psyche evolution... 279 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 276 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 276 
Word Soup and Truffles 275 
More about cable elevators.. 275 
.... and I have answers... 275 
Operating flawlessly 274 
Sharing the Wealth 274 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 274 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 272 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 272 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 271 
Recognitions 271 
My mileage does vary 270 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 270 
Being diabolical... 270 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 270 
Again With Perspective 270 
The quote of the year! 270 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 269 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 266 
How useful is any post? 263 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 263 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 263 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 263 
There is no conflict there. 262 
Here we go again... 261 
To be continued.... 261 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 259 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 258 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 258 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 258 
To be continued2... 258 
And this is why I am here 257 
Jung 255 
Too late ! :-) 254 
Mazel Tov! 254 
Thanks 246 
If you want to think about it more... 246 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 219 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 218 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 218 
Music by Proxy 218 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 218 
Ars Gratia Artis 218 
Proof of Concept 187 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 165 
Huge topic 165 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 165 
Pragmatism 165 
Appreciation 165 
Oy. Vey! 165 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 157 
The rest is noise 156 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 156 
My Wall. 155 
The Rest of the Story 155 
This is the whole irony 155 
It depends... 155 
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