Neutral or warm? Which do you prefer?

Yes, audio is subjective and certainly no product is 100% transparent as we all know. So we all spend time using words like bright, forward, warm, fast, slow etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. With that said we need a word that means that the product has the least amount of all those noticeable attributes.

If not neutral than what?

Transparent?

Impartial?

Indifferent?

Unbiased?

Bland?

Uncolored?

Natural?

Evenhanded?

Unaffiliated?

Neutral is certainly the word that should be used to describe gear that is not fast, slow, warm or bright. Neutral should be associated with gear that is neither tilted up nor tilted down.
Unfortunately, many folks use the word neutral to be associated with the opposite of warm, or bright gear, instead of truely neutral gear. If everyone understood what neutral meant, this confusion wouldn't exist.

I agree. So you vote that we stay with the word "neutral" and do our best to define the word whenever we use it?

05-28-13: Jjrenman
I agree. So you vote that we stay with the word "neutral" and do our best to define the word whenever we use it?

Yes. Most folks will not define what they mean by 'neutral', but you can usually read that they are inappropriately using the word. They will post something like "Neutral or warm? Which do you prefer?", which I will just interpret as "Bright or warm? Which do you prefer?". ;)

Neither. Warm can sound muddy and neutral can sound weak and thin. My system is very close to neutral, but I listen to vinyl with tubes in the preamps. Also, I have a little open baffle bloom. This lights my fire.

Bob