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Can someone please explain

What you mean when you say (whether it’s a speaker or amp or preamp) it’s darker or warmer or softer or leans to the brighter side of neutral? Are you talking about how ss compares to tubes to class D? Analog to digital? How do you know what "neutral" is? How do you not know it’s actually in the recording? 
Curious minds/ears want to know.
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p05129
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brighter = shrill sounding, no bass, weak midrange, metal dome bad tweeter. NHT with bryston for example.
warmer = relaxed treble, good midrange, clean bass
darker = mixing a warm sounding amp with a warm sounding speaker. Sonus Faber speakers with a tube or Mcintosh/Classe amp for example.
Neutral - a speaker that does pretty much everything right
Goal is to get either a warmer or neutral sounding speaker and compliment it with an appropriate front end
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