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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 775 
Look at this photograph... 774 
Musical Intelligence 774 
There is definitely truth to that 774 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 774 
HiFi it is then 773 
Real vs Emotional 773 
Think about ut. 773 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 773 
I like this subject 772 
Musicality 772 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 771 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 771 
Is Audio Personal? 771 
Please Continue! 771 
Is Audio Personal? 770 
I think audio is not about taste 770 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 770 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 770 
It can ONLY be personal 770 
That is a great subject 770 
Maybe 770 
A dead-end objective. 770 
It is not an objective 770 
Some examples 769 
Shaping Sound 769 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 768 
Favorite sound 768 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 768 
It is a very complex subject 767 
Sure, It is very complex 766 
I think you are very confused. 766 
DPOLS and Tone 766 
Perfect Electricity 766 
Tone vs transparency 766 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 766 
Proper setup meaning 766 
Transparancy vs. Density 766 
Density is an elusive thing 763 
Bingo! 763 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 762 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 762 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 760 
The Performance vs. Playback 760 
The Play of Differences 747 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 742 
Again With Time... 742 
Where is happyness? 740 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 740 
There IS high end without music! 739 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 739 
The Thread That Joins Us 739 
Live vs. (Re)produced 641 
"Just Stereo"? 549 
DPOLS 548 
Doing What We Can Do 548 
Audio Rules 547 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 302 
First hand experience 300 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 300 
What We Aim to Reproduce 264 
What is even possible? 264 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 263 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 263 
You look in the wrong direction.... 263 
Camus 263 
Granite is not always granite 263 
The 582 263 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 262 
Actually.... 262 
Words 261 
Not necessarily 260 
Bach is very much music... 260 
...or a duck.... 260 
Quantum Sakuma 260 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 260 
The psyche evolution... 260 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 257 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 257 
Word Soup and Truffles 256 
More about cable elevators.. 256 
.... and I have answers... 256 
Operating flawlessly 255 
Sharing the Wealth 255 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 255 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 253 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 253 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 252 
Recognitions 252 
My mileage does vary 251 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 251 
Being diabolical... 251 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 251 
Again With Perspective 251 
The quote of the year! 251 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 250 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 247 
How useful is any post? 244 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 244 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 244 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 244 
There is no conflict there. 243 
Here we go again... 242 
To be continued.... 242 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 240 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 239 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 239 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 239 
To be continued2... 239 
And this is why I am here 238 
Jung 236 
Too late ! :-) 235 
Mazel Tov! 235 
Thanks 227 
If you want to think about it more... 227 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 200 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 199 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 199 
Music by Proxy 199 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 199 
Ars Gratia Artis 199 
Proof of Concept 168 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 146 
Huge topic 146 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 146 
Pragmatism 146 
Appreciation 146 
Oy. Vey! 146 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 138 
The rest is noise 137 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 137 
My Wall. 136 
The Rest of the Story 136 
This is the whole irony 136 
It depends... 136 
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