Audio glossary

[RoA]

Common descriptions and what they mean;

Crisp and clear = unbearibly bright, utterly fatiguing, will strip enamel of your teeth

Add at your pleasure ...

 

[12th Monkey]

Disagree with the first one!

 

[Gray]

'Forgiving'
See also 'easy-going', 'warm', 'laid-back'.
Meaning: inaccurate in one or more ways.
(The sort of sound your Granny was describing when she said of her radiogram, "It's got a nice tone").

 

[Vincent Kars]

"Needs a 500 hours burn-in."
After 500 hours you are used to the shitty sound.
You also passed the 30 days return limit.

 

[Clarkey_71]

Needs a 500 hours burn-in.
After 500 hours you are used to the shitty sound.
You also passed the 30 days return limit.

Harsh!!!!!

 

[WayneKerr]

'Forgiving'
See also 'easy-going', 'warm', 'laid-back'.
Meaning: inaccurate in one or more ways.
(The sort of sound your Granny was describing when she said of her radiogram, "It's got a nice tone").

Strange... that's what my sister said about my new set-up when she heard it for the first time last year: "It's got a lovely tone"

 

[RoA]

Meaty bass = flabby, uncontroleable mess, measuring on richter scale, beloved by billions of spotty yoofs

 

[RoA]

Extended highs = you need to be on a ladder to hear it

 

[Edbostan]

Common descriptions and what they mean;

Crisp and clear = unbearibly bright, utterly fatiguing, will strip enamel of your teeth

Add at your pleasure ...

Chromium plated = too much treble and painful on the ears

 

[12th Monkey]

Can't say that 'meaty bass' is a term I'd consider widespread.

 

[nopiano]

Common descriptions and what they mean;

Crisp and clear = unbearibly bright, utterly fatiguing, will strip enamel of your teeth

Add at your pleasure ...

Don’t talk about Focal speakers like that! They’re much better these days, allegedly.

 

[Gray]

Strange... that's what my sister said about my new set-up when she heard it for the first time last year: "It's got a lovely tone"

It actually has 🙂
But sister gets your hi-fi hand-me-downs Wayne, she knows what a lovely tone is.
Whereas to Grannies, no HF whatsoever meant "nice".

 

[WayneKerr]

It actually has 🙂
But sister gets your hi-fi hand-me-downs Wayne, she knows what a lovely tone is.
Whereas to Grannies, no HF whatsoever meant "nice".

She won't be getting this one, this is coming with me into the afterlife