This video turned into something more productive and useful than what I assume it should’ve been! I assume this video was just made mainly to evaluate how effective these terms are, but really this video has now turned into my audiophile dictionary ❤️. Instead of searching for forums and reading debates on what some of these terms should and shouldn’t mean, I just need to refer to this video again. This makes my life 100x easier filtering out all these audio mumbo jumbo coming out of different youtubers. Awesome job!
@mensrea12512 жыл бұрын
💯 I was initially like “how stupid…” then got hooked. Totally useful actually. (Edit: but there’s no way “honk” is s tier c’mon haha)
@AdnanFiroze2 жыл бұрын
Totally!
@MrBlitzpunk2 жыл бұрын
I can't believe warm, dark, and bright are not S tier, those are the qualities that are immediately apparent for me. Even back when i knew little to none about audio
@moltenbullet2 жыл бұрын
It makes sense when you consider his video is about the "usefulness" of the audiophile terms. Warm, dark, bright, muddy, shimmer - these are things you can consider generally useful terms to quickly understand the feeling of audio you might get (so A is a fair grade). But Shout, Honk, and Sibilance go one step beyond that because they are very specific properties of a pair of headphones; enough for people to make an immediate purchase decision if they are familiar with and immediately repulsed by those properties.
@ResolveReviews2 жыл бұрын
@@moltenbullet Yeah maybe I should've considered that as like... something that gives you the strongest sense of a particular aspect of the sound that carries with it a very clear valence. But, I can totally see someone finding bright, dark, warm more useful as well.
@GlitzPixie2 жыл бұрын
@@moltenbullet honestly sibilance is way less useful than it should be given how most reviewers call any treble or even upper mid peakiness "sibilance"
@MrBlitzpunk2 жыл бұрын
@@moltenbullet i only have a vague idea what shoutiness in a headphone is, and i can imagine how a honk would sound but never heard a Headphone that i would consider "honky" so both of them i don't really get. And i think harshness should also be included in A/S
@MrBlitzpunk2 жыл бұрын
@@GlitzPixie yeah, should've been harshness instead
@jeremyquiros54832 жыл бұрын
I disagree about dynamics. For a musician, dynamics only refers to one thing: volume. If someone uses it in any other context, they don't know what they're talking about.
@pliedtka2 жыл бұрын
Should be more like dynamic contrast, as how well it can reproduce fast changes in signal. But yeah I kind of get it.
@meangoooo2 жыл бұрын
I think this is actually helpful to newcomers like myself. A lot of the terminology is shared in music so those tend to be easier (e.g., timbre, dynamics, attack) but there are others that are very useful but used differently by people (e.g., warm).
@Robert-iu2ou2 жыл бұрын
the delivery of the intro was 👌 chef’s kiss
@jarmoparkkinen60902 жыл бұрын
As meta as one can get. I loved it. Makes listening new reviews so much more understandable.
@maxiclasher2 жыл бұрын
Can you make a Tier List of headphones and rank them based on their plankton-inducing ability?
@oldskulziom2 жыл бұрын
Plankton likes mud
@loonation21852 жыл бұрын
I actually never heard of the term PLANKTON like ever lol
@timfederwitz2 жыл бұрын
Late to this video, but absolutely LOVE that you did this!!! Not only do I agree with the placements, but it helped me understand some of the terms better!
@PushPlayGame2 жыл бұрын
Amazing video Resolve. Thanks!
@islaymmm2 жыл бұрын
For anyone wondering where the excerpt for Wittgenstein comes from, it's from the entry, "Ludwig Wittgenstein" in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
@TheHEADPHONEShow2 жыл бұрын
Added it to the description.
@emuclone1542 жыл бұрын
This has been very helpful for me as an objectivist! I now understand the subjective language.
@jameslane23262 жыл бұрын
Ive spent the last couple days shopping for Home theater speakers and the word ive heard most is "Boomy" which is used to describe when a subwoofer crossover is too high.
@drzv0072 жыл бұрын
Hi Andrew. Thanks for the enlightening discussion/ranking of your interpretation of commonly used “audiophile” descriptive terms used by various reviewers of audio gear & components. I guess this raises the question of whether a proper review is incomplete without an included dictionary/glossary defining terms used in said review. Then again I suppose it’s an inherent handicap when it comes to the explanation of individual acoustic & psychosomatic experiences colored by the biases/hearing capabilities of the reviewer. So ultimately the proof is in the ear of the “behearer”.
@obiw172 жыл бұрын
A very nice take on a tier list.
@pokrog2 жыл бұрын
i tried to be a cynic but this was really really on point. solid video and i will definitely be linking this to people in the future. this is a fantastic video for people getting into the hobby.
@rhalfik Жыл бұрын
For me warm and cold were always midrange-only descriptors. Dark and bright describe a general balance. So a headphone that is warm will often be dark, but a piece of gear can be also at the same time warm and bright if it has recessed upper mids.
@evil_twit2 жыл бұрын
If you watch till the end it's a fair take.
@tdg1762 жыл бұрын
I like how Andrew kept so serious thru the whole video. Maybe he took it serious 🤣
@amsyarzero2 жыл бұрын
Nah, that's just how Andrew is like
@maxb.simonsen24592 жыл бұрын
Transient response is a technical term that holds information of both attack and decay. Where the later doesn't mean anything unless explained transient response is at least used in the professions of things audio and electronics related.
@ResolveReviews2 жыл бұрын
Yeah they should all probably be C tier at best.
@maxb.simonsen24592 жыл бұрын
@@ResolveReviews Overall I think your reasoning is very fair. People can better relate to visual things, how it's used and understood can be easily transfered to frequency response. The transient response is where things get more complicated, we can't look at a visual repensentation of an analog music signal and understand what going on. Maybe for one sine wave only and then we still can't tell if there is compression or if it's 100Hz or 102Hz. Also transient response will in most cases be related to the "speed" of the system, which is again confusing.
@ResolveReviews2 жыл бұрын
@@maxb.simonsen2459 Yeah and then it eventually gets into questions about the value of impulse response and CSD, and because headphones are typically minimum phase devices, time domain information is proportional to frequency response, meaning... we're back at frequency response. So there's the issue of these terms being used to mean different things, and then there's the issue of their usefulness even when technically applied. It's tough.
@betatronhammer71562 жыл бұрын
Words that are onomatopoetic (I may have mangled it) are god tier for describing audio
@mensrea12512 жыл бұрын
I’m not a newbie at all but when I saw “Plankton” NGL I was like “what’s a microscopic Protozoa doing on this list?” 😂
@orrman52 жыл бұрын
what video gear do you use in this video? looking sharp
@simianinc2 жыл бұрын
Attack and decay seem obvious to me. Think of the hard edge when hitting a cymba, guitar string or a piano string (via a key), and they trailing off of the sound. This is really important to the way a headphone realistically represents a real instrument’s sound as opposed to approximating it. Dynamics is dynamic range to me, and is rarely tested with modern, compressed music. I could care less about shout or honk. Finally, I would have liked to see “transparent” as a corolllary to “muddy” (which I see as similar to “hazy”)
@ChrisStoneinatorАй бұрын
A lot of these are very clear, specific and descriptive terms that you downrate just because some people use them wrong. For example "transient response". It couldn't be any clearer. How does the system respond to a transient? Granted, it's not experiential, but anyone willing to learn the first thing about waves (which should definitely be a prerequisite for this hobby) knows what a transient is. Resolution is another. Part of the cause for the misconception is that people use it the wrong way when describing video too, but that's neither here nor there. Resolution in audio is very simple and objective. How completely does the transducer deliver to the ear all the information that's in the signal? You can't ask for better than that. Detail is a bit less useful, cuz you could debate what constitutes a "detail" and there's a lot of crossover with timbral accuracy, decays etc. so I agree there. Funnily enough, I hate "soundstage", particularly because larger soundstage is conflated with better, and it's often sold to beginners as a key advantage of high end headphones, when it isn't necessarily a better or worse way of presenting music at all. Everyone perceives it totally differently, everyone has differing opinions on which soundstage size is enjoyable, and the shape of the stage is almost never considered/described. Also the term itself is often conflated with imaging, although again that isn't the term's fault. PRaT is a British term almost exclusively, and almost no dealer or designer has been able to explain to me what it *is*, which is a problem because I live in the UK and even we are confused. But I also don't think it's nothing, nor is it everything. Gear I tend to enjoy for reasons I can't put my finger on is often described as having PRaT when I look into reviews after the fact.
@davidmason82122 жыл бұрын
Layering is the most important thing related to the sound of the headphone
This is an excellent video! I do have 2 comments to offers: (1) As you described it, isn't bluntedness simply fast decay? (2) Marco and Micro contrast -- the terms may be very specific to you, but as most of us haven't used photo editing software, and it is not a pre-requisite for our hobby, this would be akin to a doctor using a very accurate medical term to describe an audiophile term - it may be very accurate, but it is not useful for most of us... just my 2 cents :)
@ResolveReviews2 жыл бұрын
1) I think generally it's meant differently - like for me I'd characterize bluntedness more along the lines of the trailings ends of tones simply being lopped off or missing, rather than being 'quick', but I suppose someone could define it that way. It's super difficult to define these terms with any certainty because of the complexity of the experience. 2) yeah totally less useful if you've never used photo editing software.
@goldwerger2 жыл бұрын
@@ResolveReviews thanks! again, wonderful video, very informative and useful!
@hartyewh12 жыл бұрын
I still think just contrast at least is rather clear for most.
@Shoaibexpert2 жыл бұрын
Which Focal headphones are those. They look like Elegias but have leather pads?
@metal5712 жыл бұрын
Probably an Elear with utopia pads which he wore on the last stream
@MrAyrit2 жыл бұрын
I was skeptical going into this video, but I feel like it was actually pretty well done and fleshed out.
@kyron422 жыл бұрын
Some people describe DACs as being warm even though it has a flat frequency response so what does warm mean in that context?
@TheHEADPHONEShow2 жыл бұрын
A lot of the time these descriptions come from narrative inertia. There is also the possibility they're related to conservation of 2nd 3rd order harmonics within the audible band. We noted this in the SINAD piece, and it's surprising how those harmonics can make the same frequency be perceived as having a different tone.
@dopydude2 жыл бұрын
Tier C (minus strident) summarizes your HFM Arya review :) Fantastic video, demystifies alot of terms Ive always wondered what the term 'forward' means.. is it like the midrange (vocals) are pushed forward in the sound plane?
@econautx2 жыл бұрын
Check out presence region in frequency response graphs. This can be forward or laid-back. At least this is my understanding of it.
@hartyewh12 жыл бұрын
Some terms I use and how I understand them: Congested: when a driver has difficulty reproducing sound that often covers most of the FR and often has a lot of distortion. Like some planars with metal. Separation: how easy it is to differentiate and concentrate on different tracks/instruments. Clarity: perhaps macro contrast + separation? Natural/lifelike: when the overall presentation makes it easy to forget that the sound is coming from a headphone. Saturated: when sounds are full bodied and thick. Airy: when sound lacks saturation. Shrill/sharp/harsh: somewhat different mainly tremble related issues with the pleasantness of the sounds I'll just stop now xD
@bathynomusgiganteus29162 жыл бұрын
In more meaningful terms: Congested: Poor tonal balance, usually masking from bass or mid bloat. Separation: Almost the exact opposite of congestion, good tonal balance Clarity: Synonym for sufficient unmasked treble. Natural: Neutral tonality. Saturated: Meaningless term probably referring to 'body' from sufficient mid emphasis. Airy: Boosted upper treble range, or illusion from upper mid scoop. Shrill/sharp/harsh: Peakiness in the upper mids or treble.
@hartyewh12 жыл бұрын
@@bathynomusgiganteus2916 Need to think about these a bit more. What would you call it when a planar can't handle the extension and dynamics. It sounds like compression like the sound becomes really small or distant and messy. Like an LCD-2C has that issue a lot. Actually from my notes I noticed the K 713 Pro is one of the worst in that.
@Lucaat2 жыл бұрын
This video is veiled and lacking air. I was expecting more textured planar bass. Imaging is flat.
@chefsteve83812 жыл бұрын
Yes and lacking slam.
@pliedtka2 жыл бұрын
Slam, pace and rhythm - I was wondering what it means but once I heard proper bass and it all became very transparent to me what it means
@markovlasic19782 жыл бұрын
I have one specific headphones that are handmade. Those phones have dynamic driver , semi open at 6 ohms and those are hard for amplification. You can not amplify them as usual , like linear or logarithmic volume stage. Somewhere in between!!. I can call them analitical and flattest headphones that i have ever heard. Soundstage is great, much wider and cleaner than m40x for example. Tried them on various amps. Every of those amps cant push them enough. I did some freq test, and they cen go that deep at 20 hz without any problem, also very high as far as i can hear, at about 15khz. Over all great clean sound , BUT , very , very, very , flat, and hard to push them.
@epochphilosophy2 жыл бұрын
lol Wittgenstein tier feels fitting for this.
@ResolveReviews2 жыл бұрын
I knew someone would get it hahaha.
@epochphilosophy2 жыл бұрын
@@ResolveReviews Welp, I suppose my absurd interest in philosophy has crossed over into hifi territory. Happy that it was Wittgenstein in this case lol. Thanks for all the cool videos you do on here.
@ResolveReviews2 жыл бұрын
@@epochphilosophy it's not that weird haha. It's the reason I do it to be honest. Or at least, perceptual things. That's the crossover for me.
@tomas_m2 жыл бұрын
"veiled" - imo S tier - example: Ether2 - headphones which give you an impression that the music is coming from behind a barrier ruining the transparency "transparent" - also S tier - example: SR-009S - Like wearing empty earpads. How good is the impression of music coming from behind of the drivers. When you're unable to hear any sign of the drivers themselves even when focusing on it. "wonky" - A tier - example: also SR-009S - tonality uneven by small segments of the spectrum, somewhere too much, lacking elsewhere.
@futoenjoyer2 жыл бұрын
tbh wonky is b or c because while it does tell you somethings wrong with the tuning it doesnt tell you what exactly is wrong with tonality
@tomas_m2 жыл бұрын
True but it indicates it's usually beyond fixable with EQ
@heyitsikmal2 жыл бұрын
Very useful!
@ID1visor2 жыл бұрын
Starfield, using above terminology: - bright: too much elevation between 1 and 2k. - warm: bass starts sloping into mids too late. - blunted: electric guitars sounds like if you take a photo with your phone, zoom in and see white halo around edges because it's been over sharpened. - veiled: mid-bass (70-50hz) and mids (1-2k) are too elevated while upper mids and treble are recessed. This might prompt you to increase the volume but that won't work. EQ will.
@Zubcut802 жыл бұрын
If you rank the term “analytic” you maybe should also rank the term “musical” because I consider that to be the opposite when describing the character of headphones.
@pliedtka2 жыл бұрын
For me analytic something bright, opposite to warm, or naturally sounding. I consider many Beyers as analytic sounding vs warm or neutral sounding HD 6** Sennheisers. Or well known Sony 7506 vs M50X
@meangoooo2 жыл бұрын
@@pliedtka I had a slightly different take on analytical, it meaning thin and lacking sense of dynamics. I typically find analytical stuff to be cold or lacking warmth, which can tend to sound bright. I consider musical to mean fuller and more dynamic sound.
@leefelarca54552 жыл бұрын
Glassy, glarey, blare-y, blurry, smoothed-over, sterile, lifeless, recessed, plastickey, V-shaped, W-shaped, flat, soft, mellow, sweet, spectral, solid, thick, creamy, full-bodied, euphonic, euphoric, organic, wet, dry, bloomey, analog, vivid, tight, controlled, overly-dampened, free, loose, quick, lively, reactive, coherent, disconnected, expansive, friendly!, inner detail, microdetail, microdynamics, macrodynamics, "refined", "nuanced", "delicate", "intense", "engaging". Plucked (lol). And precious (I think I just made that one up).
@HyperOpticalSaint Жыл бұрын
There is fucking STANDARD audio term for contrast, it's dynamic, not just audiophile term, dynamic range is so well defined that is literary defined down to a number and unit, yet you rate it 2 tier lower.
@dennisvanderben27192 жыл бұрын
Transient, attack and decay are probably the most absolute term here (along with sibilant) it's literally a technical term in sound engineering, mixing and mastering. People who've got no clue miss use it😞😞
@JeremyCovington.2 жыл бұрын
Lol so right some words seem to be changed for Audiophile verbiage. I understand but would use in mixing of mastering.
@JeremyCovington.2 жыл бұрын
Great video
@chrisk64742 жыл бұрын
This is as close to a glossary as I have ever seen with these terms and explanations of their meanings. The other real dynamic that almost no reviewer I have followed has ever published is their results from a hearing test. It’s the second most important measurement that never gets talked about enough. We measure headphones, pads, ear ups, cables, amps, dacs and everything in between. But the reviewer hearing is not something we ever learn about. That’s why there is no standard for these audiophile terms. The most important term is fun/enjoyment. It doesn’t matter if the headphones cost $10 or $6k. Did you enjoy hearing the music you love when you had them on your head. Have fun listening to music. Whether it’s classical, reggae, rock, hip hop, spoken word etc. Just have all the fun. Enjoy and share new music with the people you meet along the way. Ymmv
@gs101010102 жыл бұрын
Like others mentioned: this turned from expected tongue-in-cheek to educational very fast! It’s a Headphone Review Bingo template. But where is “forward” - I find it so ubiquitous to headphone reviews, but still don’t know if means anything other than ‘boosted’.
@hartyewh12 жыл бұрын
Perfect timing for this since I'm making a review video and I've been thinking about the terms I use and how it might differ from the norm. As a photographer I also connect most of these to photo editing. It's somehow a very easy analogy when most have a slider in Lightroom.
@jodiac2 жыл бұрын
Hmm yeah good I like the words Murky and Twinkling for some headphones.
@RoyalProtectorate2 жыл бұрын
What pads are you using for the focal elegia?
@ResolveReviews2 жыл бұрын
That's an elear with utopia pads.
@jodiac2 жыл бұрын
I highly disagree with your placement of strident, it’s a clear, audio-specific term, much more understandable than “shout” and a word commonly used to describe sound. You simply shouldn’t place it that far down because you don’t use it often.
@RemitheDreamfox2 жыл бұрын
Very handy guide! I learnt some new words today :D
@Mikka02 жыл бұрын
Are you using the Elegia?
@jamesbittle21382 жыл бұрын
It is an Elear with Utopia pads.
@Mikka02 жыл бұрын
@@jamesbittle2138 thanks!!
@towsifshahriarshovo2 жыл бұрын
Great video 🔥🔥 Need headphones tier list
@careylymanjones2 жыл бұрын
Saw an ad brochure for a Chi-Fi tube amp that said it was a gallbladder amp.
@aceofspades66672 жыл бұрын
Joe and tell did a 7 part series on many audiophile terms which is a good watch if you want to follow up on resolves video.
@fazzxides8429 Жыл бұрын
Glisten to me: one hay, two haze✌🏼🤠 PS. another auphl term that needs tiering is… 🥁🥁🥁 Liquid
@avichayt93732 жыл бұрын
This video is a cool idea, things make little more sense suddenly
@animeshmeshram59972 жыл бұрын
I like tier lists. I can't watch every video you guys post due to time constraints regardless them being top tier. Tier list gives me a good summary of what to look out for in the current market, and they are fun as well lol
@eruilluvitar2 жыл бұрын
Wow, I'm surprised "diminishing returns" and "snake oil" aren't on here 😂 Great video!
@amsyarzero2 жыл бұрын
Add MQA into the tierlist 😈
@daveolson54352 жыл бұрын
Perhaps more clarity in differentiating the term "decay" from "release" is needed? Those familiar with programming sounds in some types of digital equipment will recognize the terms attack, decay, sustain, and release. In this, attack is is the initial rapid increase in volume to a maximum level, followed rapidly by a rapid decay from that maximum to a sustained volume that carries on for some time at an intermediate volume until it dies - is released. What you describe as decay is what I think of as release.
@HH60gPaveHawk2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was chuckling, because to me ADSR is a very very well established in the audio community, to the point that they’re industry standard terms. So the idea that they’d be B tier is a bit… interesting.
@SuperGGnoRE2 жыл бұрын
The ranking seems based on how little prior specialized knowledge is needed to understand a term. So I can see how ADSR wouldn't be very useful to those who aren't familiar with music production or performance. But there is some bias towards photo editing terms, which I suppose is fair given the popularity of Instagram and other photo sharing apps versus music production apps.
@ragzard2 жыл бұрын
zero seconds in and I think this is genius! Thanks metal571 and Andrew!
@bmt_techno2 жыл бұрын
Cool video idea!
@theunsbotha51882 жыл бұрын
Imaging: "Am I a joke to you?"
@ajaxender122 жыл бұрын
Plankton - to me, at least - is when you have a sense of really fine details without losing perspective of the whole. Like, being able to see a swarm of plankton and having a sense of the individual members even though you can't perceive them directly without focusing on them exclusively. Another visual metaphor would be leaves on trees, from a reasonable distance away; you can see the movement in the wind and different shading and colors and such that imply finer details, even when you can't make out the individual leaves. At least, I hope that's what plankton is. I think it's mostly a combination of resolution and detail, but not necessarily either of those jacked up to maximum, and both of those themselves are really combinations of other more basic descriptors (and again, a balance of them, not a definitive 'tune like this for the best detail') so I don't disagree with your rankings as far as helping people understand reviews goes.
@ericliu84342 жыл бұрын
What's with the picture of Wittgenstein? edit - I just got to that part, smart.
@metal5712 жыл бұрын
Bruh
@RC-qc2nz2 жыл бұрын
Metal of course he's doing that 😁
@amsyarzero2 жыл бұрын
bruh
@marv1nperator2 жыл бұрын
Dynamics should really be F tier. This word or people who use it, try to mean everything with it! Soundstage is not an S? I feel like it's the most immediately comprehensible one. Okay, I understand what macro/micro contrast does visually, but how do you translate that to sound? Wouldn't it be like "dynamic range" in how much difference there is between the end points of a spectrum?
@masterxyr2 жыл бұрын
thin as in lacking bass presence or impact, and veiled as in the Sennheiser cliche :), IMO work decently
@steamstories12792 жыл бұрын
Missing: frequency, frequency response, boring, imaging, sterile, musical, crisp, harsh, harshness, dead, fuzzy, transparent, treble, peaks, peaky, balanced, bass, mids, highs, veiled, extended, fatiguing, closed-in, rolled-off, life-like, signature, real, realistic, surreal (STAX BRO), spacious, TOTL (describind headphones only based on price and not performance, like Meze trash)
@davidmason82122 жыл бұрын
The way you end the video is just genious
@deshan792 жыл бұрын
The one that makes me cringe the most is describing a headphone as romantic. Tyler's favorite buzzword.
@metal5712 жыл бұрын
Musical is the worst
@ConsecDesign2 жыл бұрын
This is a video no one asked for that we ALL needed. Thanks!
@oppje61882 жыл бұрын
Started as a meme but turned out quite interesting and informing. Thanks Andrew
@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied2 жыл бұрын
This kind of thing, is an interesting microcosm, of an issue that has gotten completely out of hand, in society and the world in general. Not that this video is displaying the same or any negativity in any way, as this is lighthearted. But it is kind of an interesting idea to examine the seeds of so many of our larger issues. For example, However one chooses to describe sound, doesn’t indicate a thing about their ability to appreciate it. Nor does it indicate the depth of their capacity to understand the properties of sound. So in this lighthearted analysis, we can safely imagine, how something so simple, can also become a mess when taken too far and too seriously. Most niche jargon should be dumped in the eternal “F” tier. Same with art terminology. Same with critical theory as well. Multiple obscure, redundant, nonsense words used to create a form of indecipherable jargon, designed by insecure elitists, doesn’t deserve any acknowledgment other than criticism. Jargon was never really meant to describe, but rather, to alienate, by causing people to feel ignorant, and inferior if they don’t understand a word, or combination of words, that sound impressive. We’ve all felt this. It makes people feel quite vulnerable, and they become, therefore, easier to manipulate. The creeps who enjoy this kind of power, form a miserable little club, and derive their identity from the fact they are part of a group, that gets to choose who to allow into their group. Insecure elitists exist in most fields, and tend to view all human beings as a potential “threat” to their ego. A solid sense of self, developed through reflection and honestly, is the only foundation which won’t collapse under the weight of the collective ego. Ego is based on an illusion, and falls apart quite easily, as it is supported by nothing of substance. I see this in the audiophile community, to an extent, and while It isn’t exactly out of hand, it certainly is completely out of hand in the world we live in. There are no experts. We must question the definition of “expert” and appreciate that most of the institutions which create the so called “experts” are corrupted, so is the so called “expert”. A real, genuine “expert” doesn’t portray themselves as an “expert”. It would embarrass them to be so naive. Life humbles you, if you allow it to, otherwise it just makes you bitter. We have to be humble to what we cannot yet know, and as desperately as we try to control our environment, circumstances, people and everything else, it is also wise to consider that we were never meant to control so much, and certainly not with regard to the capacity of a human being, to grow and learn. Just a thought, that occurred to me. I always enjoy your videos very much, and I don’t feel that you come across as an elitist, for the record, it just kind of made me think about my own experience as an academic, and how dumb it all is.
@sjqideez66262 жыл бұрын
Where was your infamous “plucked” Andrew? When you first said that in a review, I thought I was watching a cooking video.
@kyron422 жыл бұрын
Punch and slam should be A tier because it's obvious what they mean.
@metal5712 жыл бұрын
Walking through a swamp while being attacked by bees
@ResolveReviews2 жыл бұрын
Muddy slugs banging on a tin drum
@louiev.33672 жыл бұрын
Nice very informative still learning in this hobby
@beepover2 жыл бұрын
Nice, a much needed ranking list.
@timleonard97622 жыл бұрын
Soundstage should be S tier!
@redmenace3921 Жыл бұрын
I've never slammed a thumbs down button so stridently
@Seconds842 жыл бұрын
When is the TOTL headphone tiers list for 2021
@carbon_wavelight2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@KindredGh0st2 жыл бұрын
I'm new to this headphone game... This is exactly what I needed!
@04yellowjacket2 жыл бұрын
We should just change glisten and shimmer to 'glitter' .
@danidingo9772 жыл бұрын
For me one F tier audio term is Musical. Mostly it is used to save a bad headphone.
@Jimmy-Chin2 жыл бұрын
Now do one for headphones! Lol please
@thebadburrito13942 жыл бұрын
The only thing I don't agree with is what you defined plankton as. Plankton, at least from what I understand from more than a decade on several different sites, is the opposite of bluntedness. It is the trailing ends/tones and tiny little things that very, very high levels of resolution give. Those trailing edges and minor details are tiny enough that the word Plankton is used to signify that - since plankton are tiny.
@ResolveReviews2 жыл бұрын
Yes that's how I had thought of it before, but then I was recently reading up on someone who was giving an extended description and thought to myself huh... this is the private language problem in a nutshell
@Michael_mki2332 жыл бұрын
I am terribly disappointed that you did not follow your cold, emotionless heart and end the video by reordering the list and putting them all into F-tier.
@nmnate2 жыл бұрын
Slam. A particular subgenre of brutal death metal. ;)
@metal5712 жыл бұрын
Technically correct is the best kind
@nmnate2 жыл бұрын
@@metal571 Musical tastes are fun, aren't they? I love the crazy amount of variety in metal.
@04yellowjacket2 жыл бұрын
Macro/Micro contrast is firmly F tier and I understand photo editing. F tier exactly because you have to learn photo editing before you can understand it. That is a heavy qualification.
@ResolveReviews2 жыл бұрын
Well.. anyone who has bothered to adjust a photo with instagram should be able to get a sense of that - or any other of the multitude of phot apps that exist these days. It's not merely limited to lightroom/photoshop or pro editing of some kind.
@04yellowjacket2 жыл бұрын
@@ResolveReviews Anyway, all tier lists are shitty (unless of course I made one). The only good thing about any tier list is poking holes in or making fun of them. I appreciate the opportunity you have gifted us with your shitty tier list. 😃
@ResolveReviews2 жыл бұрын
@@04yellowjacket accurate
@gimeurfridchiken46152 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates slam. Imo discussion about it is as bad as debates over cables.
@jeffreymakuch24932 жыл бұрын
So now we can grade every one of your reviews based on the average tier of terms used. 😛
@HoboVibingToMusic2 жыл бұрын
if this was 1h long i'd still watch it simply cuz it's chill as all hell.
@jamesthoma49272 жыл бұрын
Both hilarious and useful. Way to go Resolve.
@OptLab2 жыл бұрын
What about Imaging
@04yellowjacket2 жыл бұрын
'open up, 'extended' also 'F' tier. By your own logic 'dark' is 'A' tier because it is a (excellent) 'visual' analogy.
@ResolveReviews2 жыл бұрын
They don't all have to be visual analogies, they just have to usefully convey meaning that's specific enough in order to rank highly. I just happen to find that visual analogies are the easiest.
@blackoutnine2 жыл бұрын
This is like a Rosetta stone for all the Audiophile jargon out there thanks man!
@adtrf1 Жыл бұрын
if this video were a song, it would be a Father John Misty song (in a good way).