What are the current useless terms in this "audio world"

Porn”Star”. Why is it assumed that they are all stars?

Isn't it obvious? Because they are in the milky way.

If you pardon the pun, that cracks me up.

Smoked

shootout

Utube and high end audio..   

sounds like iPhone microphone feeds..

@boxer12 *Evil L*

Yeah.............great, isn't it?......*LOL*

"HELP!  I'm a rock!"

"...it's a drag bein' a rock....I wish I could be...an audio reviewer!"

Hyperbole comes in the territory...some exhibit more skill than others....

Kicked that, trusted my ears, what & how I liked what's playing..and how.

'Reference'....is Me. ;)

The last two just sound dirty

7 Screaming Diz-Busters

Scrumtrulescent.

20 hz in room response.

20 gain room responce.

@feldman, no worries, It happens to me all the time.

@nonoise  - sorry - realized that just as I hit post. I’m slow but I get there. 

Not sure what exactly are the parameters and numbers but, for example, Silversmith says that their Fidelium speaker cables are 3 times the performance of his v pricy cables at one tenth the price.
Think it has to do with amount of signal transferred.

The most meaningless, ridiculous and all out absurd is to try and equate a difference heard as a percentage! A poster might say the new speaker cables were 8 to 10% better or the upgraded DAC sounded 15% more detailed. Really.

I think this is bandied about to appear very astute and able to accurately discern to the n'th degree the difference. Nuts.

Then 'gears', puleeze. To say "I'm gonna buy some new gears" is just wrong. It's quite acceptable to say for instance "You're welcome to come over for a listen to my gear"

And while in gripe mode it is astonishing that most people get 'then and than' mixed up. In conversation your meaning will get across but when written down just appears as dumb.

Then: has to do with Time
Than: has to do with Comparison

Almost like a religious experience

WAF - on the other-hand you can always tell her you left your mother at home

WAF is indeed an important and valid term.
She has gone to great lengths to make our home lovely and livable.
Happy wife, happy life.
Even if I wanted to bring in Tekton speakers, she would never stand for them. For example…

I enjoy discussing this subject. Doublespeak is so entrenched in our daily lives that I find myself speaking in commercials to express the "reads as" meaning.

WAF seems to impact way too many people these days.
I mean from the kitchen how can they even see the system? 

But I would be open to a new version of WAF.
"TSF" .  It relates to a part of the anatomy in reverse growth mode.

@feldmen, It was snark, which makes up most of the answers here. I thought that would be evident but YMMV.

All the best,
Nonoise

Better question: What are the current useless posts....?

Porn”Star”. Why is it assumed that they are all stars?

Isn't it obvious? Because they are in the milky way.

@nonoise - Your take on YMMV is very different from mine. I always saw it as a polite way of acknowledging others will have their own opinions/experiences  and may not agree with mine. 

Iconic...Russian Orthodox?
Classic...Greek or Roman?
Legendary...like Paul Bunyan or Pecos Bill?
Transparent...is that clear?
Tubey...cylindrical?
Crystaline...a many faceted adjective
Black background...live in a bunker...most of us have ambient noise

Porn”Star”. Why is it assumed that they are all stars?

Better Records......"tubey sound"

"My loss is your gain." Cracks me up every single time I see it.

Punches way above their price point.  

Sounds better than ______  costing 4 to 5 times more.

Miller
They're the same swallows.  They emigrate between N. Africa and Europe.

@ wturkey - WAF is a real thing in my life.
It's the difference in lifestyle for me.

Revealing.

Like a veil has been lifted.

Regards,
barts

I too am wary of terms like "reference" and phrases such as "state of the art", but when used by an experienced reviewer, who I have followed over the years and who subsequently purchases the item for use in his/her review system, this certainly carries more weight for me. Hyperbole is the stock in trade of some reviewers.

It's F'in Great, It sounds Pretty F'in Good. It sounds like Shxxt. It's F'in Awesome !
Those are my Audiophile terms and I use them regularly with friends and on YouTube.

 I try not to brag..  The organic Mechanic has done it again.. Best plums in 15 years and the spring was VERY productive so to speak..

Great stunt this year.. Romulan and 7 of 9. I like GRAPES... LOL

Expensive to grow anything this year it is DRY... Apricot trees didn't even pop leaves.. THAT is dry.. First time EVER here.. 100 year drought at this point.. 200 year old fig tree I had to water it.. First time ever..

We're all looking for that Giant Killer that is Organic sounding and Punches Above its Weight.

( Old Heavys' been smokin' the oats....again......😏...*mock tsk*)

Chickens' gotta learn what their Final Rendezvous actually is...*shrug*

Melons...eat, urinate; repeat as required, Rx until melon turns jerky-ish.

MC is still reeling from a big hit of appreciation, he'll be OK....

....someday....

My bets' on the next comet or 'striod....Funnydementalists' wish for (Second) Comings'...*gruntgrunt*ah*

Black Background.....White noise or Pink? (...sailor...;)....)

Reference?  To What?  Quantum Co-ordinal Waveform Timing?!  What the dog left by that tree that No One wants to approach?
When a salesprimate sez..."heard"....does he Really mean ..."herd", as in great markup to keep the lease?

“Positive results” 🤷🏼‍♂️

the best audio gear was made 40 to 70 years ago.

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Don’t tell me.. Atomic GEAR.. :-) Comes with a leaded apron for extended use. Is known to cause birth defects in ALL cockroaches. The only BUG that shows NO birth defects and survived 9 out of 10 atomic BLAST test..

Oh yea, I got a reactor in the basement powering mine along with 150 years of dehydrated food and a complete seed bank of cannabis.

I’m prepared. I learned to drink, yup you got it, what ever is on hand..:-)

Where’s my hat, come on dog.. Finally cooled off.. 114 today Chickens are giving me the WTF look, eating watermelon, goofy birds love any kind of melons.. I'm eatin' Crenshaw melons.. Best I've had all year..

Regards

@millercarbon  "I don't know"
 

It's used ALL the time and it has a meaning that MOST understand BUT I can't stand the term just like I can't stand High 5 crap..  "SLAM"

Friggin yippee talk' That's right I said it YIPPEE TALK..

You know who high 5s.. The looser all the time.. The winner puts his hands together and KNOWS why he won or lost.. Not to many around, BUT all the greats DID.. "SLAM" YUPPEE talk.. LOL

Regards

Wife Approval Factor.

“The best powercord , the - interlink , the - speakercables “ on the market…

"Jaw dropping" and "Black background."

MQA

I would much rather they compare the velocity of a tweeter’s diaphragm with an unladen swallow.

What do you mean? African or European swallow??!

https://youtu.be/uio1J2PKzLI?t=10

The biggest useless term in audio is newer more advanced technology the best audio gear was made 40 to 70 years ago and all we have done is taken a step or many steps backward since.

@jond 
 +1
 I would much rather they compare the velocity of a tweeter's diaphragm with an unladen swallow.

as millercarbon sez in his first post here.

Vinyls. Vinyl (singular) is fine, vinyls (plural) not. An LP is made of vinyl (actually, PVC---poly vinyl chloride), but an LP in not a "vinyl".

oregonpapa-

"Perfect Sound Forever."

Good one.  

First they gave up on "perfect" and tried to shoot for "analog". Then they gave up on "analog" and tried "high-resolution". Now have pretty much thrown in the towel and settled for "streaming".

upgraded fuse 😉😉😉

When you read "word salad" you know that you’re getting schooled by MC.

nanotech