What is Warmth?

Dear Cinellipro: IMHO is only a distortion that apeal to some people but been a distortion it is a coloration that was not when the recording microphones pick-up at the very begin of the recording.

It is a false colorations that IMHO has no sense that so many people " die for it ".

When was the last time that any one of us heard a violin concert ( live or other instruments. ) seated at 2-3 meters from the player and heard it that warmth?, because I attend to not less than 60 times a year to listen live music and till today ( in the last 25 years. ) I never heard that warmth.

IMHO music is everything but warmth, at least in the audiophile warmth meaning.

Warmth IMHO is only a synonimous of a distorted audio system.

Maybe I'm wrong but this is my take about.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

Dear Suteetat: I'm not talking of halls per se but the performance of instrument as we hear when we are seated/listening at 2-3 meters from the players as the recording microphones are. This is the context and IMHO in this " environment " I think you can't find out that audiophile warmth everybody here are talking about. Their context is way different from what I posted.

That example that different violins could sounds one warmth over the other makes no sense to me, we can hear a Stradivarius against a Guarneri or against an Amati and even that these ones sounds different maybe we can't use the warmth word to differentiate one from the other, especialy on the audiophile warmth meaning.

In the other side what for one person can be warmth for other person it is just more neutral or accurate.

Anyway, my take is the same: audiophile warmth meaning is just a distortion/coloration that does not exist in the music pick-up ( at the very first instant. ) recording microphone. A warmth is a distorted characteristic in an audio item or in an audio system. I'm not talking here if what we like is that warmth tone in music but what is " correct/right " and IMHO warmth is " wrong ".

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

Dear Suteetat: ++++++ " it is difficult to define such a subjective term. " +++++

yes, this is the main issue on that word. Now, I think that people is using the warm term/word to define an instrument/audio system or the like about its intrinsecal " tone ".
Now, you are an experienced/pro piano player: which other word came to you other than warmth when you compare the Grotrian grand piano against a Steinway or other one? which other word could give you/us a better definition of each piano overall tone color?

I have some difficult about because here in México we don't use the warmth meaning to compare different tone colors in music instrumentation or audio systems.

That's why maybe what Wolf posted: +++ Warmth for me is lack of harshness " +++ makes no precise means to me.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.