Should We Prioritize Detail In Our Assessment Of Audio Quality?

Yes that article goes into a lot of details that may factor into what is perceived subjectively as good sound. See what I mean? It supports my point.  Not all details are valued equally. But that is always where push comes to shove. 

The question becomes unanswerable when everyone is allowed to define their own meaning of a useful word whose meaning is already perfectly clear simply because it is so useful. It won’t get anywhere. But it will give people a chance to talk about something even if it is already clearly defined so we will see what happens.  The devil is always in the details.   That includes good sound.  Lots of different kinds of details but details none the less.   But if people want to massacre the utility of a killer word like detail so be it.   It’s a free country. 

@charles1dad 

Thanks. I rather fancied that one myself. 😎

What does high end mean exactly if not more detail?   More and better….detail.  If the music is good and the recording is and the system is your toe will tap more as the detail goes up.   I know few things mean what they used to anymore but detail is not one of them.   It is always good.  Even more detail of Medusa.  Let’s ditch hi res video detail too while we are at it.   Medusa might not look as horrifying and maybe not turn us to stone eh? 😱. Audiophiles come up with the strangest ideas sometimes.   Sweat every detail to the point of going into denial.   It’s true!

Everyone know what detail means.  You can look it up in the dictionary.  Or you can spin it any way you choose.  It’s a free country.