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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 623 
Look at this photograph... 622 
Musical Intelligence 622 
There is definitely truth to that 622 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 622 
HiFi it is then 621 
Real vs Emotional 621 
Think about ut. 621 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 621 
I like this subject 620 
Musicality 620 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 619 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 619 
Is Audio Personal? 619 
Please Continue! 619 
Is Audio Personal? 618 
I think audio is not about taste 618 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 618 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 618 
It can ONLY be personal 618 
That is a great subject 618 
Maybe 618 
A dead-end objective. 618 
It is not an objective 618 
Some examples 617 
Shaping Sound 617 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 616 
Favorite sound 616 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 616 
It is a very complex subject 615 
Sure, It is very complex 614 
I think you are very confused. 614 
DPOLS and Tone 614 
Perfect Electricity 614 
Tone vs transparency 614 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 614 
Proper setup meaning 614 
Transparancy vs. Density 614 
Density is an elusive thing 611 
Bingo! 611 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 610 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 610 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 608 
The Performance vs. Playback 608 
The Play of Differences 595 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 590 
Again With Time... 590 
Where is happyness? 588 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 588 
There IS high end without music! 587 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 587 
The Thread That Joins Us 587 
Live vs. (Re)produced 489 
"Just Stereo"? 397 
DPOLS 396 
Doing What We Can Do 396 
Audio Rules 395 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 150 
First hand experience 148 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 148 
What We Aim to Reproduce 112 
What is even possible? 112 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 111 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 111 
You look in the wrong direction.... 111 
Camus 111 
Granite is not always granite 111 
The 582 111 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 110 
Actually.... 110 
Words 109 
Not necessarily 108 
Bach is very much music... 108 
...or a duck.... 108 
Quantum Sakuma 108 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 108 
The psyche evolution... 108 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 105 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 105 
Word Soup and Truffles 104 
More about cable elevators.. 104 
.... and I have answers... 104 
Operating flawlessly 103 
Sharing the Wealth 103 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 103 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 101 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 101 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 100 
Recognitions 100 
My mileage does vary 99 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 99 
Being diabolical... 99 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 99 
Again With Perspective 99 
The quote of the year! 99 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 98 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 95 
How useful is any post? 92 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 92 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 92 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 92 
There is no conflict there. 91 
Here we go again... 90 
To be continued.... 90 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 88 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 87 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 87 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 87 
To be continued2... 87 
And this is why I am here 86 
Jung 84 
Too late ! :-) 83 
Mazel Tov! 83 
Thanks 75 
If you want to think about it more... 75 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 48 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 47 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 47 
Music by Proxy 47 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 47 
Ars Gratia Artis 47 
Proof of Concept 16 
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