hifi lingo for the layman...

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anyone fancy having a go at explaining the various hifi terms ? synergy , smooth , agile , attack , warm etc .. any takers ??

 

[mitch65]

maxflinn:anyone fancy having a go at explaining the various hifi terms ? synergy , smooth , harsh , warm etc .. any takers ??

 

[shooter]

maxflinn:anyone fancy having a go at explaining the various hifi terms ? synergy , smooth , agile , attack , warm etc .. any takers ??

I'm not sure how 'more' layman those term's could get.

The one the stumps me is 'transients'...................

 

[John Duncan]

the one that stumps me is 'organised religion'.

 

[Ravey Gravey Davy]

shooter69:maxflinn:anyone fancy having a go at explaining the various hifi terms ? synergy , smooth , agile , attack , warm etc .. any takers ??
I'm not sure how 'more' layman those term's could get. The one the stumps me is 'transients'...................

If "synergy" is layman to you,then god help those below layman.

 

[Ravey Gravey Davy]

JohnDuncan:the one that stumps me is 'organised religion'.

Used to be called warring factors.

 

[chebby]

Synergy - as I understand it - means that a number of components flatter each other's good traits and don't emphasise the bad ones.

"The whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" is the usual way of stating it.

 

[Anonymous]

you see guys , ive got a little review to write up in the next few days , im hoping to be able to say more then "yea these speakers sound great"

 

[shooter]

chebby:
Synergy - as I understand it - means that a number of components flatter each other's good traits and don't emphasise the bad ones.

"The whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" is the usual way of stating it.

Transients?

 

[Ravey Gravey Davy]

shooter69:chebby:

Synergy - as I understand it - means that a number of components flatter each other's good traits and don't emphasise the bad ones.

"The whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" is the usual way of stating it.

Transients?

Leave it- it's a passing phase,.

 

[chebby]

Transients = extremely brief dynamic peaks.

 

[Ravey Gravey Davy]

chebby:Transients = extremely brief dynamic peaks.

Also known as the Keating factor.

 

[chebby]

Please check this posting where Andrew provided a link to an exhaustive glossary of terms used with their explanations. (Scroll to the bottom of the linked Stereophile page for the alphabetic glossary index.)

 

[shooter]

chebby:
Please check this posting where Andrew provided a link to an exhaustive glossary of terms used with their explanations. (Scroll to the bottom of the linked Stereophile page for the alphabetic glossary index.)

Bookmarked, thank you.

 

[Anonymous]

chebby:Transients = extremely brief dynamic peaks.

Snare drum = transient
It starts, it stops, quickly

 

[Ravey Gravey Davy]

chebby:

Please check this posting where Andrew provided a link to an exhaustive glossary of terms used with their explanations. (Scroll to the bottom of the linked Stereophile page for the alphabetic glossary index.)

Excellent work in the face of an idiot like me.

 

[Andrew Everard]

But max, don't try it unless you know what you're doing: could get messy. It's taken me almost 30 years of work to get this far...

 

[Anonymous]

i learn fast , just wait till tmw night , ill show yee how its done , in fact , i feel a phone call from a certain miz newsome coming , job interviews , salary discussions etc , be afraid , be very afraid

 

[Andrew Everard]

In yer dereamsh...

The fact you started a thread needing those terms explained suggests you have a long road to travel, grasshopper...

 

[Anonymous]

 

[Andrew Everard]

Indeed.

 

[chebby]

Max you are never going to reach the heights of hifi reviewing technique ascended by some of our resident 'Ninjas'....

http://community.whathifi.com/forums/post/380665.aspx

 

[Andrew Everard]

Walking in slo-mo, carrying a copy of Vogue...

 

[Anonymous]

chebby:
Max you are never going to reach the heights of hifi reviewing technique ascended by some of our resident 'Ninjas'....

http://community.whathifi.com/forums/post/380665.aspx

ah now that was simply poetic , very classy and cultured , im going to have a hard job following that

 

[chebby]

Well if you liked that you'll love the jaggedy genies.