I was recently at a local pub when a young girl came in and set up to play an acoustic performance for a birthday. This is not a normal pub, it is a small local brewer that operates out of an industrial unit with a really nice backdrop that looks out on to cane fields. The setting allows for 3/4 big roller doors opened up and is just awesome on a nice sunny day. Turns out this location is great for sound.
Anyway the point is… the sound produced by this performer was amazing! It was warm, wholesome, engaging, fast, and detailed. It sounded like a giant Naim system to be honest and if it came out of a hifi it would definitely have been considered warm!
It made me appreciate my Atom. I feel this is the closest my system has ever been to the live event. It gives me warmth when warmth is there and none when it isn’t.
I think my point is that just because something is warm doesn’t mean it is colouration. That might just be how it sounded in real life.