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How would you describe the sound characteristics of your stereo system?

Romeo Wolf

Romeo Wolf

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Just reading up on some of @eljr 's Audio dictionary threads, I thought I would use some of the terms to describe my temporary audio system that's been getting the love lately (and my preferred sound signature, of course) :)

I would describe it as Warm (re; excessive bass, but not tubby), Lush (1) (very full), with a neutral or Gentle presence (2-6Khz), and Mellow or neutral highs.
 
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This is difficult, because I've been running the same system for so long without a real frame of reference. Here's my attempt.

It seems to be fairly neutral, erring towards being slightly bright. There's detail on the top end and the bass is tight (I can pick out a bass guitar line easily.) Imaging is strong: it's easy to tell where a singer is, where the backup vocals are, where the drummer is, etc. Guitars and soul music sound especially good, and it's easy to tell the difference between a FLAC, LP, and streamed music.

Vocals can sometimes lack some finer detail and sit back a little bit in the mix, but it's hard to tell if this is an issue with the system or source material, or maybe an effect of pulling in detail in the highs and lows. It improves with better sources and masters. I was also able to improve it by pulling the speakers a bit closer together.

Overall, I would describe the sound as neutral and pleasant.
 
Warm side of neutral with acceptable detail ... musical.

I like bass more than most people .... so I would say a smidge above the "proper" level ...
enough to create weight or presence .. but not muddy or bloated.
 
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Romeo Wolf said:
Just reading up on some of @eljr 's Audio dictionary threads, I thought I would use some of the terms to describe my temporary audio system that's been getting the love lately (and my preferred sound signature, of course) :)

I would describe it as Warm (re; excessive bass, but not tubby), Lush (1) (very full), with a neutral or Gentle presence (2-6Khz), and Mellow or neutral highs.
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What's in your system that makes it warm, lush, gentle and mellow?
 
All my systems are satisfying to my expectations because I'm more stereophile then audiophile.
Based on mid 50's marketing,all my systems produce hi fi stereo sound :biggrin:
 
My garage system = too good sounding for a garage.
My main rig in the house = punches way above its weight class.
 
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Well the line array stereo system is very revealing and can be to analytical at times is the simple answer. The HT systems just makes the experience very enjoyable and is revealing but easy to listen to in the stereo mode. Yes the HT system in the stereo mode is a bit to warm and the bass a little colored, but what would you expect from 50 year old speakers even if the are all bi and tri amped. All the speakers be they in the HT system or stereo system are voiced, equalized, to the same curve. But they do sound different. Lower distortions and different room acoustics and different dispersion characteristics make the difference it seems.

As for making the speakers disappear that is impossible with the large variances in recordings out there. Where my line arrays might disappear with Sheffield and 50 % of Telarc and a few Reference Recordings. They show the screw ups by many recording companies all to often. So you can't say they are disappearing. The recordings are to flawed in the first place to disappear. Recordings are to closely miked has been my experience over the past years. So the speakers can never disappear with those recording either. What I will say is line arrays give a very well defined presentation across the entire wall with a naturally well focused phantom center presentation.. There is depth, staging, low distortion etc. Not sound confined to a band just a few feet tall spread between two speakers or sound coming just from two speakers. They are not as easily influenced by a room above the lowest crossover frequency as other speakers are that spread the sound everywhere. In my case 300 HZ. They can be intimidating if you sit to closely just hearing the direct sound of the recording presented by the speakers. As most recordings are made for point source speakers that is why the mics are placed to close to the instruments trying to get the last bit of definition for the point source speaker to compromise by a room. . That isn't what I want. I want to be able to hear the ambience of the venue in which the live performance took place. Not the fake sound of a recording made in a studio using digital trickery . Digital trickery is another compromise that make digital recordings less than they could be. KISS. Keep it simple S
 
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