watchnerd
Grand Contributor
There used to be a fairly standard set of words used to describing sound (dark, bright, warm, airy), but more and more writers seem to be inventing new terms and I have no idea what they mean.
This thread is for the purpose of documenting such terms, and group interpretation of possible meanings.
Feel free to document your own discoveries, or interpret the ones listed here.
To start:
1. Sonic Humidity
"On sonic humidity and degrees of additional warmth, the Special Forty edge out the LS50."
http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2017/08/beautiful-furniture-that-sings-dynaudios-special-forty/
2. Accuracy
"Fanatics of "accuracy to the source" fail to realize that an audio system's truthfulness is not something that exists on a scale of less to more—it is always more an opinion than a fact. Accuracy is whatever you think accuracy is. And what is more subjective than that?"
https://www.stereophile.com/content/dynaudio-contour-20-loudspeaker#YxOIqMXqR7tpYLhk.99
3. Microdynamic Avidity
"Compared to the AURALiC Aries Mini’s USB output, the Raspi’s tonal colour is a little greyer and its microdynamic avidity weaker."
http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2017/11/allos-59-boss-dac-is-a-super-tasty-delicious-pi-maker/
4. Champagne colored vs seltzer colored
"The best words I can think of to describe the SL-1200's midrange are bubbly and Champagne-colored! In contrast, the Pioneer's midrange was distinctly seltzer colored, but more transparent and detailed."
https://www.stereophile.com/content/gramophone-dreams-4-page-2#uwqP7BvMFcFkRsoP.99
5. Fruitier
"Within the limits of my hearing acuity and attention focus, I heard no changes in soundstaging, no shifts in the usual sonic parameters. Still, things felt different. The Chinese card reader—I don't use its network facilities—seemed fruitier."
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews2/sotm5/4.html
This thread is for the purpose of documenting such terms, and group interpretation of possible meanings.
Feel free to document your own discoveries, or interpret the ones listed here.
To start:
1. Sonic Humidity
"On sonic humidity and degrees of additional warmth, the Special Forty edge out the LS50."
http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2017/08/beautiful-furniture-that-sings-dynaudios-special-forty/
2. Accuracy
"Fanatics of "accuracy to the source" fail to realize that an audio system's truthfulness is not something that exists on a scale of less to more—it is always more an opinion than a fact. Accuracy is whatever you think accuracy is. And what is more subjective than that?"
https://www.stereophile.com/content/dynaudio-contour-20-loudspeaker#YxOIqMXqR7tpYLhk.99
3. Microdynamic Avidity
"Compared to the AURALiC Aries Mini’s USB output, the Raspi’s tonal colour is a little greyer and its microdynamic avidity weaker."
http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2017/11/allos-59-boss-dac-is-a-super-tasty-delicious-pi-maker/
4. Champagne colored vs seltzer colored
"The best words I can think of to describe the SL-1200's midrange are bubbly and Champagne-colored! In contrast, the Pioneer's midrange was distinctly seltzer colored, but more transparent and detailed."
https://www.stereophile.com/content/gramophone-dreams-4-page-2#uwqP7BvMFcFkRsoP.99
5. Fruitier
"Within the limits of my hearing acuity and attention focus, I heard no changes in soundstaging, no shifts in the usual sonic parameters. Still, things felt different. The Chinese card reader—I don't use its network facilities—seemed fruitier."
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews2/sotm5/4.html