well-tuned

Not in sports cars, where they're mainly well-tuned and aurally pleasing.

LaCrosse gets by just fine on 4 cylinders 2010

If Perl's phrasing was more cautious than Peled's, his mellow, neatly turned, generally well-tuned playing held its own against that of his more ebullient partner.

Amit Peled strikes a romantic mood Joe Banno 2011

They simply bounce off our well-tuned "ad shields" that lets us read a newspaper, magazine or web page without "seeing" the ads on them.

The Connected Non-Profit 2011

Sliwa, who usually has a pretty well-tuned B.S. detector, might well have responded along these lines: Wait a minute, Lewis, you mean to say that John Gotti and Jackie Nose strolled through Penn Station three days a week in 1990.

Jerry Capeci: Dapper Don as Dashing Don; Kasman Spins More Tall Tales Jerry Capeci 2011

The talent is there, but not as well-tuned as in his later work.

Neuromancer by William Gibson « I Can’t Stop Reading! 2009

His small voice is plaintive, well-tuned and rather sweet, which puts a fresh spin on the familiar character of J.

Lovable, Huggable, And Unscrupulous Too Terry Teachout 2011

The talent is there, but not as well-tuned as in his later work.

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The talent is there, but not as well-tuned as in his later work.

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Conservatives have demonstrated an incredibly well-tuned negative Pavlovian response to ANYTHING Obama does.

Poll: Stimulus not working 2009

A well-tuned creativity will feed on everything it sees or hears – those are the ‘real life’ triggers.

The Tarot as a Tool for Writing Your Novel | Write to Done 2009