What does "Warm" mean?

Bill. I was thinking of Bob Fulton as I read this.  Years age we had a small dealer in San Diego who sold Fulton products.  Fulton visited a few times to give demos or talks.  As I remember it he assigned a different color to each instrument in a typical symphony orchestra.  Then he would say "that trombone doesn't sound purplish enough", or whatever color he described.  At one time I had a copy of his color chart but that is long gone and I don't remember the details.

As well as designing and building loudspeakers, electronics, and wire he made recordings of local music groups.  They were decent recordings but amateur talent.

As another connection with music he designed mouthpieces for brass instruments.  A friend in my alumni club was in the marching band in college and later the alumni band, playing trumpet.  No idea how we got on the subject, I may have ask my friend about Fulton since I'd heard that connection.  To my amazement my friend said he played a Fulton mouthpiece.

I agree with Paul’s description. I associate “warm” with more midrange and less high frequency volume. It’s interesting how difficult it is to describe the overall sound without referring to other senses like touch or sight. Funny though, I never heard sound compared to taste or smell. (Although there are sour notes, and music that stinks!)

@pryso Yes we might have met at that small San Diego dealership.  That is precisely where I met Bob Fulton.  Definitive Audio.  I was a Naval officer and worked there part time when I could.  Later and for much longer I worker at Breier Sound Center too.   

Dear @billstevenson  : My reference always is live MUSIC seated at near field position and listening at live SPL.

You know what?  Warm just does not exist down there.

Now,in home room/systems each one of us choose the everykind distortions developed by each system. W can't avoid those distortions/added colorations.

MUSIC is accurated: pentagram/diagram scores, harmonics, orechestra instruments sound same " tone " to start. Nothing is at random.

In my system I don't like those added ( everywhere and every kind ) " colorations " so I try harder to left at minimum.

In that way Ilistened warm when the recording engineering/producer and the like recorded that way that LP.

Your TTs comparison you posted could have several reasons to what you listen is happening: maybe different cartridges on each TT, better damped Technics magnesium tonearm and headshell that the Denon build materials.

Both TTs are really good and one reviewer said that that Denon model competes with his Technics SP10MK2.

Btw, accurated does not means " analitical " or " excessive detail "only means : accurated and if you make what I did it in my system you always be enjoying MUSIC better than ever before because your system willsound fullemotional, great transient response, excellent rhytm, no fatiguated ears jus astonished/outstanding and no matters if the room/system is truly expen$$ive or just normal to your budget.

The name in the analogue audio is not $$$$$$ ( of course that $ always is important ) butknowledge and skills each one of us levels that changes according each one ignorance level.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,

R 

@billstevenson, That was Mission Bay Audio.  The owner was a psychiatrist who initially ran the store out of his office.  But he soon moved to a commercial location on W. Mission Bay Drive.  He was a character and addicted to J Gordon Holt's recommendations.  I think he called Holt weekly.  So he sold FMI, Audio Research, and Magnepan with only a few other brands.

I was also familiar with Breier's, first on Park Blvd in Hillcrest, then in Kearny Mesa.  Actually I was probably familiar with all the audio stores in the San Diego area during the decades I lived there.  And I have stories about several of them.

Mostly Audio Directions, during the mid-70s.  One owner, Ike, was known for two bits of advice:

The only specifications that are critical are the component width, depth, and weight.  That will tell you if it fits on your shelf and if the shelf should be strong enough to hold it.

No one agrees on which is the best loudspeaker.  But most everyone agrees the second best is the LS3/5a.