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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 670 
Look at this photograph... 669 
Musical Intelligence 669 
There is definitely truth to that 669 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 669 
HiFi it is then 668 
Real vs Emotional 668 
Think about ut. 668 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 668 
I like this subject 667 
Musicality 667 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 666 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 666 
Is Audio Personal? 666 
Please Continue! 666 
Is Audio Personal? 665 
I think audio is not about taste 665 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 665 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 665 
It can ONLY be personal 665 
That is a great subject 665 
Maybe 665 
A dead-end objective. 665 
It is not an objective 665 
Some examples 664 
Shaping Sound 664 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 663 
Favorite sound 663 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 663 
It is a very complex subject 662 
Sure, It is very complex 661 
I think you are very confused. 661 
DPOLS and Tone 661 
Perfect Electricity 661 
Tone vs transparency 661 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 661 
Proper setup meaning 661 
Transparancy vs. Density 661 
Density is an elusive thing 658 
Bingo! 658 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 657 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 657 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 655 
The Performance vs. Playback 655 
The Play of Differences 642 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 637 
Again With Time... 637 
Where is happyness? 635 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 635 
There IS high end without music! 634 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 634 
The Thread That Joins Us 634 
Live vs. (Re)produced 536 
"Just Stereo"? 444 
DPOLS 443 
Doing What We Can Do 443 
Audio Rules 442 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 197 
First hand experience 195 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 195 
What We Aim to Reproduce 159 
What is even possible? 159 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 158 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 158 
You look in the wrong direction.... 158 
Camus 158 
Granite is not always granite 158 
The 582 158 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 157 
Actually.... 157 
Words 156 
Not necessarily 155 
Bach is very much music... 155 
...or a duck.... 155 
Quantum Sakuma 155 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 155 
The psyche evolution... 155 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 152 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 152 
Word Soup and Truffles 151 
More about cable elevators.. 151 
.... and I have answers... 151 
Operating flawlessly 150 
Sharing the Wealth 150 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 150 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 148 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 148 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 147 
Recognitions 147 
My mileage does vary 146 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 146 
Being diabolical... 146 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 146 
Again With Perspective 146 
The quote of the year! 146 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 145 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 142 
How useful is any post? 139 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 139 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 139 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 139 
There is no conflict there. 138 
Here we go again... 137 
To be continued.... 137 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 135 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 134 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 134 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 134 
To be continued2... 134 
And this is why I am here 133 
Jung 131 
Too late ! :-) 130 
Mazel Tov! 130 
Thanks 122 
If you want to think about it more... 122 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 95 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 94 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 94 
Music by Proxy 94 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 94 
Ars Gratia Artis 94 
Proof of Concept 63 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 41 
Huge topic 41 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 41 
Pragmatism 41 
Appreciation 41 
Oy. Vey! 41 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 33 
The rest is noise 32 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 32 
My Wall. 31 
The Rest of the Story 31 
This is the whole irony 31 
It depends... 31 
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