Most annoying terminology used by audiophile today?

[chinesekiwi]

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I'm not sure if you were disputing my statement or agreeing with it, but you actually described what I was trying to originally.  Maybe I should have worded it better?

Was agreeing with it and adding to it with my own rant.

 

[fatcat28037]

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[melomaniac]

No, I hereby declare that the most annoying terminology used is right here, every day on head-fi, when someone whines "tell me objectively what I am supposed to hear because I cannot". Too many gadgeteers don't train their ears. They listen with their wallets and stimulate their envy rather than their hearing.

 

[tdockweiler]

Probably "veil", because that makes a headphone sound like it has a defect out of the box or as if it was something truly horrible and to avoid.
"PRAT" because only 50% of the people on here really knows what it stands for or cares about that.
"Musicality"
"Timbre"

 

[Endless]

Sibilance.
 
I never understood it. From what I got in the forums, it's the highs with the S sound and Ch sound? I don't understand, isn't that GOOD? I love hearing the highs pronounced on my headphones.

 

[chinesekiwi]

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Sibilance.
 
I never understood it. From what I got in the forums, it's the highs with the S sound and Ch sound? I don't understand, isn't that GOOD? I love hearing the highs pronounced on my headphones.

I't's overemphasis of the 'S' sound, which is the around the 10kHz mark.

 

[Katun]

The word: Bose

 

[melomaniac]

The word: audiophile

 

[roadcykler]

When something has an "etch". Is that good or bad? I had a lot of fun with an Etch-a-Sketch as a kid, and I've etched my name into things, but I don't know how that word applies to headphones. Personally I think a lot of these words are just someone trying to find a new and unique way of describing highs, mids, and lows and they caught on (unfortunately). 
 
I would also like to see some measurements of how one headphone can get the music to ears faster than another one. And even if that is measurable, is the human ear able to actually recognize the speed difference or is it some people think they hear a difference?

 

[Wildstar]

OK, wait, I'm new here, I never read this:

I would also like to see some measurements of how one headphone can get the music to ears faster than another one. And even if that is measurable, is the human ear able to actually recognize the speed difference or is it some people think they hear a difference?

What does that even mean? People claim headphones change the speed of sound or something?
 
 

 

[roadcykler]

Some claim that certain headphones are "faster" than others. Usually paired with "transients" (I'm guessing not the binge drinking, no permanent residence type of transient).  
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OK, wait, I'm new here, I never read this:
What does that even mean? People claim headphones change the speed of sound or something?
 
 

 

 

[Nemo de Monet]

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Some claim that certain headphones are "faster" than others. Usually paired with "transients" (I'm guessing not the binge drinking, no permanent residence type of transient).  


 

 
Ah, the residentially-disadvantaged; what sweet music they make.
 
I save a certain bit of scorn and loathing for the term "airy", myself.
 
 

 

[Wildstar]

Oh, well, sorry to disappoint, but that "faster" refers to how fast the diaphragm can move, and actually makes a lot of sense.
 
To keep it on topic, to me the most annoying thing about audiophile writing is the ridiculous verbosity of reviewers in "high-end" magazines. Rather than getting to the point, they just float away in their feeble wannabe novelist prose. I don't care about that enlightning moment on the check-in queue, or your children's first words. I want to know how the item you're reviewing sounds! And stop calling AKG german.

 

[Kirosia]

"Viscous". I mean like, music is not freshly pulled espresso, it cannot be lovingly ingested in a demitasse marked with scorched milk. IT IS NOT HOW IT SHOULD BE.

 

[leeperry]

 

The word: audiophile

I agree...I hate is a noun(it basically means "moron who pays huge markups for placebo cryo bs") but when the right ppl use it as an adjective, it's perfectly acceptable in my book. OTOH, many companies self-proclaim their gear "audiophile"...like M-Audio a decade ago

 
I personally don't like "lush"...english isn't my native tongue, but it seems to be a synonym of "luxurious"..what does that have to do w/ anything, huh.