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Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 819 
Look at this photograph... 818 
Musical Intelligence 818 
There is definitely truth to that 818 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 818 
HiFi it is then 817 
Real vs Emotional 817 
Think about ut. 817 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 817 
I like this subject 816 
Musicality 816 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 815 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 815 
Is Audio Personal? 815 
Please Continue! 815 
Is Audio Personal? 814 
I think audio is not about taste 814 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 814 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 814 
It can ONLY be personal 814 
That is a great subject 814 
Maybe 814 
A dead-end objective. 814 
It is not an objective 814 
Some examples 813 
Shaping Sound 813 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 812 
Favorite sound 812 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 812 
It is a very complex subject 811 
Sure, It is very complex 810 
I think you are very confused. 810 
DPOLS and Tone 810 
Perfect Electricity 810 
Tone vs transparency 810 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 810 
Proper setup meaning 810 
Transparancy vs. Density 810 
Density is an elusive thing 807 
Bingo! 807 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 806 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 806 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 804 
The Performance vs. Playback 804 
The Play of Differences 791 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 786 
Again With Time... 786 
Where is happyness? 784 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 784 
There IS high end without music! 783 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 783 
The Thread That Joins Us 783 
Live vs. (Re)produced 685 
"Just Stereo"? 593 
DPOLS 592 
Doing What We Can Do 592 
Audio Rules 591 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 346 
First hand experience 344 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 344 
What We Aim to Reproduce 308 
What is even possible? 308 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 307 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 307 
You look in the wrong direction.... 307 
Camus 307 
Granite is not always granite 307 
The 582 307 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 306 
Actually.... 306 
Words 305 
Not necessarily 304 
Bach is very much music... 304 
...or a duck.... 304 
Quantum Sakuma 304 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 304 
The psyche evolution... 304 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 301 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 301 
Word Soup and Truffles 300 
More about cable elevators.. 300 
.... and I have answers... 300 
Operating flawlessly 299 
Sharing the Wealth 299 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 299 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 297 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 297 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 296 
Recognitions 296 
My mileage does vary 295 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 295 
Being diabolical... 295 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 295 
Again With Perspective 295 
The quote of the year! 295 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 294 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 291 
How useful is any post? 288 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 288 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 288 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 288 
There is no conflict there. 287 
Here we go again... 286 
To be continued.... 286 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 284 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 283 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 283 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 283 
To be continued2... 283 
And this is why I am here 282 
Jung 280 
Too late ! :-) 279 
Mazel Tov! 279 
Thanks 271 
If you want to think about it more... 271 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 244 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 243 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 243 
Music by Proxy 243 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 243 
Ars Gratia Artis 243 
Proof of Concept 212 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 190 
Huge topic 190 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 190 
Pragmatism 190 
Appreciation 190 
Oy. Vey! 190 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 182 
The rest is noise 181 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 181 
My Wall. 180 
The Rest of the Story 180 
This is the whole irony 180 
It depends... 180 
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