Since we use words to describe sound…

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Sounds Like? An Audio Glossary​

Sounds Like? An Audio Glossary

Subjective audio is the evaluation of reproduced sound quality by ear. It is based on the novel idea that, since audio equipment is made to be listened to, what it sounds like is more important than how it measures. This was a natural outgrowth of the 1950s high-fidelity "revolution," which...

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[manek]

Sounds Like? An Audio Glossary​

Sounds Like? An Audio Glossary

Subjective audio is the evaluation of reproduced sound quality by ear. It is based on the novel idea that, since audio equipment is made to be listened to, what it sounds like is more important than how it measures. This was a natural outgrowth of the 1950s high-fidelity "revolution," which...

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The survival of the industry depends on this glossary

 

[arj]

I remember going through this many years back. its always difficult to describe something felt through the senses and interpreted through our brain into words.

Photography too has these quirks although describing something that is visual is always easier than aural or tactile. I used to find Masterchef interesting due to the way they interpret food.

the word Bright itself is interpreted as differently by people when they describe it ..and that feeling also changes ear to ear.

 

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Expression or description of audio-visual experiences does involve a lot of processing starting from the ear and eyes on to particular areas of the visual (optic) and auditory cortex of the brain, and then on to other parts of the forebrain (the intellectual and learning processing part) and mid brain (the primitive-instinctive part).

This conscious and subconscious experience is then processed into the language and vocabulary that we have previously learnt and then motor parts of the brain sends signal to the muscles of the face, tongue, respiratory system (for articulation and speech), and hands and other musculature (if our style of expression is animated!). I am of course simplifying, a lot.

All this happens very fast and in a magically coordinated way (unless intoxicated)

I think a true audiophile should be able to use consistently 60% of the glossary in this collection, no?

 

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The survival of the industry depends on this glossary

The survival of this hobby, this passion, this pleasure depends on words we use to describe, share our opinions and thoughts? Imagine if we couldn’t do this…