A Stereo Review guide to audio jargon.
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That should be made into a sticky in it's own Category under "Getting Started".
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^^^^ Absolutely
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I didn't see "Polite".
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The guide was written by Bruce Bartlett of Bartlett Audio who has written several books on audio:
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Bathroom sounds = resonances at mid-bass frequencies
Sounds about right although fortunately I've never heard my speakers produce sounds like that. -
Bathroom sounds = resonances at mid-bass frequencies
Sounds about right although fortunately I've never heard my speakers produce sounds like that.
Synonym -- most of John Lennon's recorded vocals post-Beatles.
And, no, I am not being snarky. His solo recordings' vocals usually sounded like they were made in a bathroom... a particularly echo-y one at that. 
Here's another guide to audio jargon (albeit of a somewhat different kind) that's also pretty handy.
... and, Stereophile has done a few, too (bless their hearts).
These may be of interest, e.g.
https://www.stereophile.com/reference/50/index.html
https://www.stereophile.com/reference/23/index.html
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That should be made into a sticky in it's own Category under "Getting Started".
Polk Forum > Getting Started > Audiophile Terms
Strange that "polite" wasn't on the list. -
But it's on the Stereophile one! Boom!
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Drew as a professional bird watcher:
"While sitting in the park, I observed a Spatula Cyanoptera nesting on a polite morning. Its oral symphony told a heartfelt story about life. As I listened to her vocalizations and the resonance of its body, I heard joy, pain, success, defeat, beauty, and serenity."
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Bird watchers are **** weird.
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I remember when Harry Pearson (founder of The Absolute Sound) described an amplifier as having a "butterscotch" quality to the sound.
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Conrad Johnson^.
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Any time I hear Conrad-anything, I always think it's this Conrad. It's always this Conrad.
And have you guys ever noticed how Mork looks just like Robin Williams?
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I can shorten all of that into two descriptions, sounds good or sounds like crap.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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My favorite is “honky.” Never heard that one in relation to audio🤣Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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My favorite is “honky.” Never heard that one in relation to audio🤣
That's right up there with "pull my finger" ie like Jesse said "sounds like crap"2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
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What about 'flabby" as in the bass just sounded like someone hitting the back of a sofa with a dirty sock full of (insert appropriate filler).Gustard X26 Pro DAC
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus -
I do get where you're comin' fromMy favorite is “honky.” Never heard that one in relation to audio🤣
but...
You've apparently never spent much time listening to the Klipsch "Heritage" loudspeakers.
They do honk -- and shriek.
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To be more accurate, I’ve spent no time whatsoever with Klipsch “Heritage.”😉Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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To be more accurate, I’ve spent no time whatsoever with Klipsch “Heritage.”😉
Count yourself as lucky.
