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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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nonoise
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A transistor radio can sound great if the song moves you but it won't inspire you to pen an ode to the sound. Don't be jealous of someone who can put to pen what he feels in his soul. He's just trying to relate, not impress.

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Nonoise
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This is like Jodie Foster's character in the movie Contact. When she comes upon a celestial event and tries to describe it, she simply says, 
"They should have sent a poet."

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Nonoise
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I find that to be the case with Sarjan but not his staff writers. He can be quite clever with this word smithing and then too clever by half where he then loses me and I find myself rereading what he wrote.

His technical explanations are a joy to read as he explains how and why certain components interact successfully or not but it's when he gets too poetic (very commendable old school techniques) is when my eyes start to glaze. 

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Can a tweeter sound bald?
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