It is Saturday evening here in Montclair, NJ and its nasty outside (wet, damp and cold) I have a lot of spare time so I thought I would take a stab at defining some terms used all the time by audiophiles. Below is my usage of the terms. What is your personal understanding of the terms used for system characterization.
Transparency: Ability to hear deeply into the music. Hear instrument at the rear of the sound stage, etc. Ease of following musical threads and lines of each instrument
Detail: Ability to easily detect subtle nuances, inner information (vibratto, sound of lips, finger on strings, etc)
Neutrality: Perceived flat frequency response, no part of the spectrum is exaggerated relative to the other
Dynamic: Transient response
Dynamic Range: Perceived swing in loudness level from the quietest passages to loudest
Articulate: Well defined leading edge of transient
Robustness: Tonal balance in the midrange and upper bass which contributes to a full tonal balance in the midrange.
Musicality: When all the parameters above are combined to produce a subjectivly pleasing listening experience
Transparency: Ability to hear deeply into the music. Hear instrument at the rear of the sound stage, etc. Ease of following musical threads and lines of each instrument
Detail: Ability to easily detect subtle nuances, inner information (vibratto, sound of lips, finger on strings, etc)
Neutrality: Perceived flat frequency response, no part of the spectrum is exaggerated relative to the other
Dynamic: Transient response
Dynamic Range: Perceived swing in loudness level from the quietest passages to loudest
Articulate: Well defined leading edge of transient
Robustness: Tonal balance in the midrange and upper bass which contributes to a full tonal balance in the midrange.
Musicality: When all the parameters above are combined to produce a subjectivly pleasing listening experience