I read a lot about audio equipment and some descriptions come up occasionally about the components sound qualities that to me are confusing. Most of the time I regard these descriptions as by someone with little knowledge about audio equipment that are trying to sound impressive.
Most of these terms are used in describing speakers but I have also seen them used on cables, amps , electronics of all sorts etc.. So, can someone help define these common descriptive terms?
1. Treble/ bass is dry- Huh? What does this mean? 2. Treble/bass is wet.- Huh? Again, what does this mean? 3. Organic sounding- Huh, huh? 4. Musical sounding.- What? Compared to non musical sounding?
The last one can be used with just about any description of any component or speaker performance.
The biggest culprit is Six Moons reviews. They are always full of lots of words that mean very little to my understanding of how the component sounds or relates to another piece of equipment.
I find that to be the case with Sarjan but not his staff writers. He can be quite clever with this word smithing and then too clever by half where he then loses me and I find myself rereading what he wrote.
His technical explanations are a joy to read as he explains how and why certain components interact successfully or not but it's when he gets too poetic (very commendable old school techniques) is when my eyes start to glaze.
5. Slight dryness- maybe just a little wet? 6. Liquidity- still wet or is this wetter? 7. Color- In the late 60’s I remember some colors while playing music, but not so much these days.
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