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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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kennyc
1,484 posts
 
For audio descriptions/terminology, here's a Stereophile Glossary link:
https://www.stereophile.com/reference/50/index.html

+1 @ millercarbon -  the book "Robert Harley’s The Complete Guide to High End Audio"  is probably the best complete A to Z high-end audio book available written in easy to understand layman's terms.  Robert Harley is Editor-In-Chief of The Absolute Sound  magazine.
If you're an audiophile interested in audio gear, I'm 95%+ confident that you'll like/love this book.
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geoffkait
23,365 posts
 
Here are some CD specific terms I oft employ to describe the sound,

wimpy
like papier mache
thin
wiry
aborted
tizzy
edgy
dull
lifeless
treacle
dreck
jpwarren58
671 posts
 
Define your terms.
 I say start with Plato, them shift to Kant, and when your head is ready to say uncle finish with Spinoza.  Art, wine, whiskey, quantum physics...pick your rabbit hole. Words fail. But Lauren Bacall 1946, there you have it. If your music sounds like that....
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