Why isn’t more detail always better?


Is more detail always better if not unnaturally bright or fatiguing?

mapman

Showing 2 responses by mahgister

Most observation of details is a bad sign...

Why?

Because in a real experience of natural sound our attention is immersed in a natural way and not alerted by "something" out of balance from the tonal physionomy.

In front of beauty we dont ask for details and we dont focus on details...

We dont set a speakers/room for more "details" but for more naturalness and balance...

In my opinion this vocabulary insisting about "details" in reviewers articles follows from their focus on the gear design for itself not from acoustic concrete understanding in a specific speakers/room...

It is there in their discourse, not only to express their variable impressions about gear but to sell it...

I dont buy gear i try to implement it acoustically in the right way...

Customers want a reason to buy something new : "more details way more" is a winner slogan, true or not , thats does not matter...

 

If instead of a closed speakers/room i was designing an open amphitheater space, details perception will be a priority instead of balance, as in ancient Greek theater where a whisper is heard with "details" of the voice tone as a goal...

 When i modified my speakers port design, tweeter design and acoustic space i was looking for balance because balance reestablish naturalness with details which are not higher frequencies deceptive accentuation.

Anyway we must work with the frequency range specs of our speakers to begin with  and help them  to reach well balance impression  with and in the room...

"Details" or "blooming" are adjective used by people describing their subjective impressions.

These impressions can be taken negatively or positively...

They are not acoustic concepts.

I look and design my system/room to gave me natural timbre with all spatial attributes of a located and 3-d sound... With the gear system/room available for me...

I look for his optimal working which will be astonishing if i succeed nevermind the price or branded name ( I dont say that there is no difference of potential quality level here take note )

To reach this we must learn how to control the acoustic parameters at play... There is no kingly road to a good sound

This has nothing to do with the gear price or branded name. ( it is evident that some gear are better designed than other but it is not my point ).

The sentence : i want more details or i lack details or i had too much details is often an expression of our impotency facing a disturbing acoustic experience. It was for me before i learned how to use basic concepts in acoustic.

As remedy we must experiment with mechanical vibration/resonance controls, electrical noise control, and especially acoustic and psycho acoustic numerous parameters variation in experiment ( i used my own devices to do this).