Words that are meaningless in the context of an audio review, A list of words which discredit a review by their inclusion Options

[wakibaki]

I've google searched for this list, but either my search criteria are bad or it isn't out there.

My apologies if this is not an original topic.

As the title says, I'm trying to compile a list of words that are employed by audio reviewers and forum pundits in their descriptions of the performance of equipment that don't actually convey anything useful.

A couple of words that have come to my attention recently are 'uninvolving' and 'fatigueing'. Both of these at first sight are characteristics that I wouldn't want my equipment to have, but on reflection they're so unspecific that I feel that the reviewer might just as well have said 'I don't like this equipment, but for no good reason I can put a name to'. Since the whole purpose of a review is to provide specific descriptions of equipment characteristics, I've come to feel that the inclusion of these words automatically discredits the reviewer

Another word I'm not too happy with is 'thin', but perhaps you don't share my view. Anyway, I'm going to leave it open to others now to make some contributions.

w

This post has been edited by wakibaki: May 6 2012, 02:41

[knutinh]

3-dimensionality

[Nessuno]

3-dimensionality

That is the very meaning of the word "stereo"...

By the way: boys, I don't see the point in this thread, actually.

[knutinh]

3-dimensionality

That is the very meaning of the word "stereo"...

I disagree:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereophony
The word stereophonic derives from the Greek "στερεός" (stereos), "firm, solid"[2] + "φωνή" (phōnē), "sound, tone, voice"[3] and it was coined in 1927 by Western Electric

I believe that the practical 2-channel systems and playback geometry usually referred to by the word "stereo" is (at best) capable of the perceptual feat of placement along a 1-dimensional stage between the two loudspeakers.

By the way: boys, I don't see the point in this thread, actually.

Clearly, the point is to show annoyance or frustration of the use of words in reviews that have not been defined anywhere, and that (to us on the outside) seems like meaningless babble that only serve to make the glossy hifi magazines appear more like glossy women magazines about make-up, and less like rationally-based information and buyers advice.

-k

This post has been edited by knutinh: May 9 2012, 13:13