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What the heck do these terms mean?

I read a lot about audio equipment and some descriptions come up occasionally about the components sound qualities that to me are confusing. Most of the time I regard these descriptions as by someone with little knowledge about audio equipment that are trying to sound impressive.

Most of these terms are used in describing speakers but I have also seen them used on cables, amps , electronics of all sorts etc..
So, can someone help define these common descriptive terms?

1. Treble/ bass is dry- Huh? What does this mean?
2. Treble/bass is wet.- Huh? Again, what does this mean?
3. Organic sounding- Huh, huh?
4. Musical sounding.- What? Compared to non musical sounding?

The last one can be used with just about any description of any component or speaker performance.

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For audio descriptions/terminology, here's a Stereophile Glossary link:
https://www.stereophile.com/reference/50/index.html

+1 @ millercarbon -  the book "Robert Harley’s The Complete Guide to High End Audio"  is probably the best complete A to Z high-end audio book available written in easy to understand layman's terms.  Robert Harley is Editor-In-Chief of The Absolute Sound  magazine.
If you're an audiophile interested in audio gear, I'm 95%+ confident that you'll like/love this book.
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