Neutral or warm? Which do you prefer?

Agreed. Speaking of venues, I had the pleasure of being stuck at a traffic light and was fortunate to be under an overpass and some kind soul was playing the sax ever so lovingly. Not loud enough to reverberate like crazy but softly, allowing the sound to expand and trail off beautifully.

That was a nice, momentary, venue. Too bad it doesn't happen often enough where I live.

All the best,
Nonoise

I agree that some impromptu venues aren't bad. I live in New Orleans and a lot of what you hear being played in the narrow streets sounds pretty good. Of course, that could be the drinks talking, or listening.

One of the best recordings I have ever heard of a solo saxaphone was done on the middle landing of a ceramic tiled subway stairs entrance.

Neutral is not a subjective thing. It means low distortion.
This is objective.
Measure the signal. Is it the same going in and coming out?
This is the land of engineers, not artists.
Though marketing and the audio rags would have you think otherwise.
-Mike