Glossary of Local Audiophile Terms

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Re: crisp

Postby XLR_silver » Wed Apr 28, 2004 8:50 pm

KD wrote:
XLR_silver wrote:
hula lang: malutong as in "crisp". e.g. mas malutong ang tunog
ng pagtipa ng kuerdas ng gitara sa kableng pilak laban sa kableng...


Bro, eto yata ang ibig sabihin ng lumalagitik.


puede rin sir KD, :idea: hehe. kami ni isak0411 pag nag A/B laging may dalang CD na may lagitik (e.g. Scott LaFaro sa Waltz for Debby or Christian McBride sa intro ng "Temptation" ng bagong CD ni Diana Krall) :D . kadalasan yung 4-string acoustic (double) bass ang instrumento pag lagitik ang hanap namin.

pag lutong, more of 6-string classical or ovation guitar ang pumapasok sa isip ko ala flamenco or mga guitar accompaniment ni Eva Cassidy. :)
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Postby bruno » Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:12 am

KD wrote:Sumisipol - whistling (usually due to microphonic tube)


Pwede rin sa "sumisipol" yung port ng bass reflex na masyado maliit kaya dami turbulence.

Question: When we say "malamig" ang tunog it means cold or a rather a bright sound right? How bout when we say malamig ang boses like "malamig ang boses ni Nat King Cole or Michael Buble" is their voice bright?
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Postby Doc Jr 8156 » Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:29 am

LOL. This is a very refreshing thread. Keep it coming guys! How about:

"Donselya"--------breaking in.
"Barako"----------big and bold
"Tigasin"----------hard sounding
"Malatubo"--------tubey sounding


Godspeed.
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Postby amandarae » Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:20 am

Mwah haw haw! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I have some.

"Sungki-sungki"....pertains to too much roll off on the lows and the highs, midrange becomes detach
"Kirengkeng".......maluwag ang bass
"Bombay"........dark sounding, no sparkle
"baritono".....puro bass
"dalahira".....puro mids (vocals)
"bulol"...self explanatory
"balasubas"......masakit sa tenga (na mention na yata ito?)
"crush ng bayan"....very popular speaker sa audio community

Ooooppppsss! Ang layo yata sa topic nung huling suggestion ko na yon ah!


....cheers...
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Postby SoFtCliPpEr » Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:33 pm

bruno

malamig ang boses nila Nat at Michael isa lang pagkakaiba ng lamig.

Si NAT malamig na patay
Si Michael buhay pa

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Postby amandarae » Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:36 pm

malamig ang boses nila Nat at Michael isa lang pagkakaiba ng lamig.

Si NAT malamig na patay
Si Michael buhay pa



:lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
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Postby arnoldc » Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:38 pm

mas malamig si Karen Carpenter, nyehehehehe
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Re: mabilis at mabagal

Postby SoFtCliPpEr » Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:39 pm

XLR_silver wrote:
SoFtCliPpEr wrote:gitnang hangganan


hehe. ano naman ang english sa mabilis at mabagal? :) i often hear this term from by hyperion, joe3rp, rtsy and isak0411. any guesses?
:?:

Maari meron kinalaman dito ang platter speed ng turntable kaya sa ingles
mabilis (direct drive) mabagal (belt drive) hula lang sir!
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Re: mabilis at mabagal

Postby XLR_silver » Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:28 pm

SoFtCliPpEr wrote:
XLR_silver wrote:
SoFtCliPpEr wrote:gitnang hangganan


hehe. ano naman ang english sa mabilis at mabagal? :) i often hear this term from by hyperion, joe3rp, rtsy and isak0411. any guesses?
:?:

Maari meron kinalaman dito ang platter speed ng turntable kaya sa ingles
mabilis (direct drive) mabagal (belt drive) hula lang sir!


puede nga siguro yan SoFtCliPpEr pero i often hear this term used for amps as well. solid state ay mabilis and tube amps with the "classic" tube amp sound are supposed to be mabagal. does it refer to dynamics?
how are modern tube amp designs made to sound more "mabilis"?

cheers!
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Re: mabilis at mabagal

Postby SoFtCliPpEr » Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:40 pm

XLR_silver wrote:
SoFtCliPpEr wrote:
XLR_silver wrote:
SoFtCliPpEr wrote:gitnang hangganan


hehe. ano naman ang english sa mabilis at mabagal? :) i often hear this term from by hyperion, joe3rp, rtsy and isak0411. any guesses?
:?:

Maari meron kinalaman dito ang platter speed ng turntable kaya sa ingles
mabilis (direct drive) mabagal (belt drive) hula lang sir!


puede nga siguro yan SoFtCliPpEr pero i often hear this term used for amps as well. solid state ay mabilis and tube amps with the "classic" tube amp sound are supposed to be mabagal. does it refer to dynamics?
how are modern tube amp designs made to sound more "mabilis"?

cheers!



ENTER the HYBRIDS preamp section tubes and the amp section SS i.e. UNISON RESEARCH INTEGRATED AMPS http://www.unisonresearch.com/unico/unico200.asp
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Postby jetm » Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:16 pm

Earlier today, a couple of aircon technicians were in my room. One said, "Sir, ang speakers ba ninyo parang Bosch tumunog? Yung kasi ang pinkamagandang tunog, yung parang Bosch."

I have decided to adopt this term, "parang Bosch."
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Postby SoFtCliPpEr » Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:31 pm

HEHE "BOSCH" alam ko spakplug ere ah?
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Re: mabilis at mabagal

Postby XLR_silver » Thu Apr 29, 2004 8:49 pm

XLR_silver wrote:
SoFtCliPpEr wrote:
XLR_silver wrote:
SoFtCliPpEr wrote:gitnang hangganan


hehe. ano naman ang english sa mabilis at mabagal? :) i often hear this term from by hyperion, joe3rp, rtsy and isak0411. any guesses?
:?:

Maari meron kinalaman dito ang platter speed ng turntable kaya sa ingles
mabilis (direct drive) mabagal (belt drive) hula lang sir!


puede nga siguro yan SoFtCliPpEr pero i hear this term used more often for amps . solid state are "mabilis" and tube amps with the "classic" tube amp sound are supposed to be mabagal. do mabagal and mabilis refer to dynamics? how are modern tube amp designs made to sound more "mabilis"?

cheers!
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Postby amandarae » Fri Apr 30, 2004 3:20 am

"Sir, ang speakers ba ninyo parang Bosch tumunog? Yung kasi ang pinkamagandang tunog, yung parang Bosch."



He, he, he! That is a good one Jetm!

Reminds me of:

Q:Anong kotse ba yan? A: Galan
Q:Sino me gawa? A: Mintsubinsi
Q: Ilang months na sa yo? A: Nain
Q: 'Kala ko ba blan new?
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Postby jetm » Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:45 pm

Pinoys don't have a monopoly on enigmatic audiophile terms.

Last month I was in Adelphi in Singapore and this guy was describing the differences between 3 speakers he was selling. "The first pair is like black coffee. The second one is like coffee with sugar. The third one is like coffee with sugar and milk. Do you know what I mean?"

"No."
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Postby SoFtCliPpEr » Fri Apr 30, 2004 2:06 pm

Muhahahahaha a Chinese salesman offered me a walkman in HongKong and said "You buy walkman ok velly cheap!" How cheap" I asked. "OH velly cheap velly cheap you can buy ply lice velly cheap". What the heck was ply lice? Then it dawned on me oh he meant fried rice hehe. I guess he was merely talking his BLAINS out eh? :)
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Postby bruno » Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:06 pm

jetm wrote:Earlier today, a couple of aircon technicians were in my room. One said, "Sir, ang speakers ba ninyo parang Bosch tumunog? Yung kasi ang pinkamagandang tunog, yung parang Bosch."

I have decided to adopt this term, "parang Bosch."


Bosch? baka Bose?
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Postby jetm » Sat May 01, 2004 6:52 am

That was the punch line. :)
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Postby SoFtCliPpEr » Sat May 01, 2004 8:46 am

hehehe evil lurks in innocent places
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Postby pican » Sat May 01, 2004 3:14 pm

Atras - laid back sound
Abante - forward sounding

May stereo ba and Singer?
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