what does "too dark" mean

when you describe a preamp as being too dark what does this refer to?

dpm234008-01-2004 12:41pm

tbg Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,263 posts 08-01-2004 at 02:15pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The opposite of "too bright."
newbee Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,817 posts 08-01-2004 at 02:33pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It probably means that the person speaking likes his sound on the warm side of neutral or, that he likes the top end rolled off, but that what he is hearing is too warm or too rolled off FOR HIM. Remember dark to some means warm and to others it means rolled off. You won't find it in Webster.
vladimir Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 346 posts 08-01-2004 at 01:16pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I would recommend J. Gordon Holt's Sounds Like audio vocabulary compendium. Dark: "A warm, mellow, excessively rich quality in reproduced sound. The audible effect of a frequency response which is clockwise-tilted across the entire range, so that output diminishes with increasing frequency." If you are interested in learning more, I have several links in my website's audio section: Val e-diction