What Does This Mean?

Imaging

[ SLANG ][ AUDIOPHILE ][ ATTENTION ECONOMY ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Audiophile InternetCLUSTER: Audiophile Vocabulary

A headphone or speaker's precision at placing individual sounds at specific points within the soundstage, judged by how accurately a listener can point to where an instrument 'is.'

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Great imaging, I can pinpoint exactly where the hi-hat sits in the mix."

LORE & ORIGIN

Companion term to Soundstage in audiophile vocabulary — soundstage measures the size of the space, imaging measures how precisely things are placed inside it.

FIRST SEEN

2011

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

Not established

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:Soundstage Detail Retrieval

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

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AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

→ STEADY

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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MENTIONS OVER TIME

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