Audio Community Phrases or Sayings that Make You Cringe.....

[Duane]

Because sometimes it is needed for context. We have a several file cabinets full of paper records and a database full of electronic records at work; not all records are musical recordings.

And vinyl is?

 

[Duane]

That didn't matter when records were the main means of popular music storage, before CDs and such. The context was in the nature of the conversation.

"Let's listen to some records." "I bought the new Supremes record." "Do you want the record or the cassette?" (Though cassettes were usually simply called "tapes".) It worked fine.

We used to call them albums.

 

[Tom Brennan]

We used to call them albums.

I bought many 45s. But I often called LPs "albums".

I find it odd that some who call records vinyl vehemently object to calling one record a vinyl since that use follows logically.

 

[Duane]

I bought many 45s. But I often called LPs "albums".

I find it odd that some who call records vinyl vehemently object to calling one record a vinyl since that use follows logically.

We called 45's records as well. If you're old enough, you remember "record hops".

Have never called them vinyl and never will.

 

[highvoltage_]

I've always thought that all these words people used to describe what they were hearing was due to the fact that they didn't understand frequency response and total harmonic distortion.

 

[Tom Brennan]

I've always thought that all these words people used to describe what they were hearing was due to the fact that they didn't understand frequency response and total harmonic distortion.

I understand response and distortion. But how do you describe sonic texture and space? How does the difference between two systems with different distortion sound? You can give gross impressions of course, that one sounds more distorted. But then you need to describe the sound of the distortion--glare, grain, strain, lack of clarity--what? DJK, a technically astute guy at Audio Asylum describes the Doppler distortion he hears from overdriven full range cones as a gurgling sound.

The vocabulary audiophiles use to describe sound is needed because technical terms fail to describe sound adequately. Believe me, we aren't all ignorant.

 

[cramej]

Air

 

[Condorsat]

Early record albums were packages of 78 rpm records in book form. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As far as record "albums" term. Fast forward to 7 minute mark on this YouTube video about the Victrola.

 

[orsen]

how do you know if its "minty"?
do you have to lick it? or is smelling it enough?

 

[Condorsat]

how do you know if its "minty"?
do you have to lick it? or is smelling it enough?

On that well known auction site ... if it's still in one piece ... it's minty -ish

 

[Bill Ferris]

SCROE makes me want to puke.
likewise TUNA

 

[stupidhead]

"Audio Community Phrases or Sayings that Make You Cringe....."

help me choose

I see this phrase or some other variation often, a full fledged debate will follow.

 

[Cylontymany]

Beware of the blue smoke!

 

[ferninando]

we are just telling it like it is frannie. the OP asked for it. if it hurts someones ""feelings"" , well thats life.

 

[4-2-7]

How about when people use SOTA <(State of the Art) when describing some 50 year old piece of equipment.

Then the fact that it's a turntable company name they are inserting acronym of in their post, try searching this site for SOTA when all you what to do is find info on the turntables.


State of the Art

1. 1.
   the most recent stage in the development of a product, incorporating the newest ideas and the most up-to-date features.
   • incorporating the newest ideas and the most up-to-date features.
     "a new state-of-the-art hospital"
     synonyms: modern, ultramodern, the latest, new, the newest, up-to-the-minute, cutting-edge;
     advanced, highly developed,innovative, trailblazing, revolutionary;
     sophisticated
     "state-of-the-art recording equipment"

 

[Audiokingman]

"Scratches, marks, and defects due to age"

 

[w1jim]

On a CL ad "doesn't work, probably just a fuse".

That's kind of like "worked when new".

 

[mmickk]

Responses like this bug me. Why should you care if someone is happy with what they have and like what they hear? When did we all commit to making you happy with our systems?

Thanks for that. This one is the polar opposite of striving for higher fidelity. You might as well say that there are no standards, there is no goal. It's the audio enthusiast's equivalent to Special Olympics. "As long as it sounds good to you" is like "winning" a participation trophy.

I don't remember committing myself to make you happy!

 

[ferninando]

here's another over used phrase I can do without, ''in da house''.

 

[Poinzy]

"Clinical". I have no idea what that means when applied to sound.