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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 779 
Look at this photograph... 778 
Musical Intelligence 778 
There is definitely truth to that 778 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 778 
HiFi it is then 777 
Real vs Emotional 777 
Think about ut. 777 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 777 
I like this subject 776 
Musicality 776 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 775 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 775 
Is Audio Personal? 775 
Please Continue! 775 
Is Audio Personal? 774 
I think audio is not about taste 774 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 774 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 774 
It can ONLY be personal 774 
That is a great subject 774 
Maybe 774 
A dead-end objective. 774 
It is not an objective 774 
Some examples 773 
Shaping Sound 773 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 772 
Favorite sound 772 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 772 
It is a very complex subject 771 
Sure, It is very complex 770 
I think you are very confused. 770 
DPOLS and Tone 770 
Perfect Electricity 770 
Tone vs transparency 770 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 770 
Proper setup meaning 770 
Transparancy vs. Density 770 
Density is an elusive thing 767 
Bingo! 767 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 766 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 766 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 764 
The Performance vs. Playback 764 
The Play of Differences 751 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 746 
Again With Time... 746 
Where is happyness? 744 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 744 
There IS high end without music! 743 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 743 
The Thread That Joins Us 743 
Live vs. (Re)produced 645 
"Just Stereo"? 553 
DPOLS 552 
Doing What We Can Do 552 
Audio Rules 551 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 306 
First hand experience 304 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 304 
What We Aim to Reproduce 268 
What is even possible? 268 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 267 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 267 
You look in the wrong direction.... 267 
Camus 267 
Granite is not always granite 267 
The 582 267 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 266 
Actually.... 266 
Words 265 
Not necessarily 264 
Bach is very much music... 264 
...or a duck.... 264 
Quantum Sakuma 264 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 264 
The psyche evolution... 264 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 261 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 261 
Word Soup and Truffles 260 
More about cable elevators.. 260 
.... and I have answers... 260 
Operating flawlessly 259 
Sharing the Wealth 259 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 259 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 257 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 257 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 256 
Recognitions 256 
My mileage does vary 255 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 255 
Being diabolical... 255 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 255 
Again With Perspective 255 
The quote of the year! 255 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 254 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 251 
How useful is any post? 248 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 248 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 248 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 248 
There is no conflict there. 247 
Here we go again... 246 
To be continued.... 246 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 244 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 243 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 243 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 243 
To be continued2... 243 
And this is why I am here 242 
Jung 240 
Too late ! :-) 239 
Mazel Tov! 239 
Thanks 231 
If you want to think about it more... 231 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 204 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 203 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 203 
Music by Proxy 203 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 203 
Ars Gratia Artis 203 
Proof of Concept 172 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 150 
Huge topic 150 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 150 
Pragmatism 150 
Appreciation 150 
Oy. Vey! 150 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 142 
The rest is noise 141 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 141 
My Wall. 140 
The Rest of the Story 140 
This is the whole irony 140 
It depends... 140 
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