[Okamoto]

Hello. I'm somewhat new to the high-end world and though i already read the glossary, i'm still having some difficulty understanding what these two terms mean.
 
Could i say that a "warm" headphone is one that emphasizes lows and mids over treble, and a "bright" phone one that emphasizes treble over bass?

 

[Lord Voldemort]

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Hello. I'm somewhat new to the high-end world and though i already read the glossary, i'm still having some difficulty understanding what these two terms mean.
 
Could i say that a "warm" headphone is one that emphasizes lows and mids over treble, and a "bright" phone one that emphasizes treble over bass?

That is a good way of distinguishing between the two. A phone can have heavy bass but can also sound bright depending on hot the treble is - all relative. 

 

[Okamoto]

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That is a good way of distinguishing between the two. A phone can have heavy bass but can also sound bright depending on hot the treble is - all relative. 

 
So that means a headphone can sound warm and bright at the same time? Can i say that it emphasizes both lows and highs?

 

[GREQ]

Bright - Treble
Warm - Mids
Dark - Bass

 

[Okamoto]

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Bright - Treble
Warm - Mids
Dark - Bass

 
Well, now i'm confused. Some say bass and mids, others only bass, and now only mids... which is it?

 

[TMRaven]

They can be interchangeable.  More specifically, dark relates to lack of treble and bright relates to way too much treble and lack of warmth found in bass and low mids.

 

[Okamoto]

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They can be interchangeable.  More specifically, dark relates to lack of treble and bright relates to way too much treble and lack of warmth found in bass and low mids.

 
And what would be that "warmth" found in bass and low mids?
 
That's what i'm having more trouble to understand.

 

[Uruha]

I always thought that, emphasis-wise, warm = bass and bright = Treble, thus dark must mean bass. But, IDK anymore as the headphones I'm following people are using opposite words to describe it.

 

[GREQ]

If headfi had sticky threads, this could be one of them.
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/220770/describing-sound-a-glossary