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What the heck do these terms mean?

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.

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tomic601
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Jody can come over anytime, Talisker or no, she IS poetry
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arcticdeth
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Ignore all,this nonsense!
its 10$ words to sound sophisticated, dribble

if you like the sound of your stereo, it’s great!

 These reviewers, are full of BS, AND paid by the companies to make their products sound good w fancy words.

 Air around instruments,  live in my room, celestial sound, do t be a fool bro!

 If you think it sounds great, that’s what matters, don’t believe these dipshi*es!

 Enjoy. The music!
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asvjerry
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"...what makes a Strad a Stratocaster??? "

Pickups and the player....although the traditionalists would have someone drawn and quartered, slowly...:)

Considering the 'range' of music and it's diversity of 'characteristics' (Is that a fair term to apply?) and variety..

Shouldn't equipment, and especially speakers, be able to render nearly anything that the artist and the engineer wrought?

'Fat basslines'....'crisp' drumlines with 'impact'....solo violin, played against a 'velvet' silence....all with 'clarity'.

'Fuzztones' by an guitar intro....echos that remain sharp into silence, or within a mix...

You are what you hear....and how....and where....

Enjoy it, J
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slaw
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Organic, to me is a great discriptive term in audio. Like when everything is performing as it should, with no hint of over-exaggeration in any part of the frequency range. The music just flows naturally.
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slaw
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Musical is a term I use to describe lower bass registers. They can be sluggish, muddy, slow, too crisp/tight....... To me, the opposite of these terms is musical.
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