What does the term rolled off highs mean ?


What does the term rolled off highs mean ? is this a bad thing ? what would the sound of the trebel be if the reviewer said rolled off highs ?
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Generally, when someone describes the highs as "rolled off", they feel like the high's are dropping off before 20,000 cycles. Generally, a flat frequency response is desired between 20Hz-20kHz (typical child hearing range). I would guess that many/most of the users here can't really hear much above 15-16 kHz.

Philjolet is correct in calling it arbitrary. Some prefer a perfectly flat frequency response, others prefer rolled of highs to keep your average recording from getting too bright.
what would the sound of the trebel be if the reviewer said rolled off highs

It's all relative! If a reviewer likes a speaker with a lot of treble and then hears a perfectly flat speaker, he may say that it's rolled off!
My tweeters are suppose to be good to 60KHz; WAY beyond my hearing range or anyone else's. Why? Because it is felt by many that what happens outside the audible range affects sounds within it. "Rolled Off" is a pejorative implying that there is insufficient treble to accurately reproduce the music.
Less high information. Like if you had a treble tone knob and rolled it backward.
This term means that you can't hear the cymbles extension as well as if you didn't have rolled of highs.