Most Useful Audio Adjective


I'm going with Liquid, which is an adjective I almost never use, yet when someone describes a system as sounding liquid, I know exactly what he/she means...I think.

To me, it describes a system free of edge, glare, hash and any other quality that pulls one's focus away from the music and onto the system.

Liquid approaches system nirvana.
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"spiderweb LSD filagree"

Props to Herb Reichert in describing good SET sound.

Ok, it's not an adjective, but I can drop this in conversation daily.
To sum up my review of this system, the overall sound had an immediacy to it, a reach-out-and-touch-it,holographic lifelikeness that was tubelike, yet with a liquid texture that was emotionally satisfying. The sound was just plain and simple musical with a palpable you-are-there feeling, a completeness that words can't describe. It was, Oh...my...God!! I took out my pipe and slippers and listened to this heavenly sound for hours on end.
the words bright and edgy are relatively unambiguous. in that sense they are easily understood and useful.

any adjective should facilitate communication. unfortunately, too many obfuscate and are used for purposes other than communication.

here are some examples of words/phrases which are confusing:

liquid, lush, smooth, dark and pipe and slippers.