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.
tvad
Once I started listening to this amplifier, I became absolutely "mesmerized" in the experience.
Oh, sorry, I didn't know we were supposed to include an example of how the word of choice is used in context.

Here, check this out man, no, check this out, I'm serious man, I'm serious...that rig is Phat dude! Man, I get a chub on every time I see that rig, man, it's Phat, dass all I'm sayin'! Sheeeeit man, and when I turn that rig on and it's makin' music, and all 'dem tubes is glowin' like that an'shit,... stand back, dats all I'm gonna' tell you man, you just best stand behind me cause I'm gonn'a skeet man; happin's every time, truth man. It's embarrisin', I know.......but man, it's like one of them old movies with the red'n'blue glasses, man, but without the glasses! 50-cent soundin' like he's rappin' right there in my crib man....iz'phat, das all I'm sayin', man. Word.

Marco
The best system I've ever heard was at CES 2005.
Halcro played Peter McGrath digital master tapes through Wilson X-II speakers via EMM DAC (if memory serves).
Surround setup used Sophia's in the back.
The whole thing was in a large hall (60 X 60 est.) in the conference center across from the (then) San Remo.
As we all know, The San Remo is now the Hooters Casino (Squeezers Palace).
Although it took three days to settle in, on the third day that system sounded, in every respect, "Real".