[NotoriousBIG_PJ]

Can some one break this down for me?

Thanks,

Biggie.

 

[KR...]

ok

Dark = A warm, mellow, excessively rich quality in reproduced sound. The audible effect of a frequency response which is clockwise-tilted across the entire range, so that output diminishes with increasing frequency.

Warm = The same as dark, but less tilted. A certain amount of warmth is a normal part of musical sound.


I got these from here : http://www.stereophile.com/showarchives.cgi?50

 

[MacDEF]

Dark = excessive warmth or warm in a bad way

 

[N@Z]

I'm still in the 'dark' (sorry

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Does that mean that warm is less mids & highs but to an acceptable level (subjectively) & Dark means worse than warm i.e. unacceptable?

 

[bifcake]

This is how I understand it:


Warm: Slightly accentuated mids and midbass and slightly rolled off highs.

Dark: Distant mids, somewhat muddled midbass and distant, possibly rolled off highs.

 

[lini]

For me warm sound is mainly defined by smooth mids and highs, whereas dark sound implies more or less recessed upper mids and highs.

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini

 

[andrzejpw]

Lini: that's the way I understand it as well. While were on the issue, what does bright mean? I mean, stereophile says that it means that the music has an edge to it. The way I've seen it used, is that it has fatiguing highs and upper mids. . .

 

[NotoriousBIG_PJ]

Thanks for confirming by beliefs guys. Ok so I think I have the sound spectrum down now, but isn't it missing one type of sound to the left of neutral?

bright - <insert cool term here> - neutral - warm - dark

I like symmetry hehe.

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Originally posted by andrzejpw what does bright mean? I mean, stereophile says that it means that the music has an edge to it. The way I've seen it used, is that it has fatiguing highs and upper mids. . .

I think something with an edge would imply fatiguing highs and upper mids (this music has bite.. my ears hurt).

Biggie.

 

[lini]

Mhm, I'd rather define bright as having moderately pronounced upper mids and highs - in exaggerated form that would be harsh or shrill for me. So that would make dark -> warm -> neutral <- bright <- shrill/harsh in my order...

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / Lini

 

[elmoe]

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[wuwhere]

Dark to me is less detailed or sounds recessed. I don't really like this sound.
Warm is smooth sounding, treble is not as pronounced, kinda rounded sound.

 

[Spareribs]

Some examples:

Dark sounding would be like a stand up jazz bass. Listen to the bass player on the Miles Davis Kind of Blue album

Bright sounding could be a hi hat cymbal. It may not sound bright on a recording so I recommend that you actually go to a music store and hit a hi hat cymbal. Most music stores will alllow you to test out cymbals.

Warm sounding would be like the sound of a cassette tape or perhaps the sonic tone of a Frank Sinatra song.

Of course, it’s just a generalization

 

[serman005]

I would just add that 'mids-forward' is another phrase used around here a fair bit to describe a certain kind of signature. I suppose it is self-explanatory and differs from 'warm' in that it doesn't involve any treble change.

 

[wink]

Warm sounding = no overemphasised treble
Dark sounding = lack of sufficient treble

 

[gimmeheadroom]

Can some one break this down for me?

Thanks,

Biggie.

Yes!

Grado house sound = Bright
Sennheiser house sound = Dark

I don't think I have any warm headphones, maybe Aeons Open Flow are a good example