My definition of "warm" has changed.

[kexodusc]

Would you be less offended if someone said your gear is bad, than if they said it was analytical?

. I would respect someone more for being blunt than resorting to pseudo-passive-aggressive descriptors to describe something subjective anyway.

Audiophiles have different tastes in both the type of music they listen to, and the way they like their music to sound... The problem is that almost every audiophile tends to claim that their preferred style (be it warm, analytical, bright, boomy, whatever) is somehow more 'accurate', more like the live event than other styles...

There is no "Best" style... it's a personal choice...

Agreed.