Why isn’t more detail always better?

IME, more detail is almost always better, as long as it’s accompanied by a good bass foundation and low distortion.

The problem with many speakers and components is they produce the detail but not without distortion, especially IMD. When you finally get speakers with truly high quality drivers, the IMD is low and you get the detail without the fatigue. That is, unless the recording is actually terrible. 

I've always enjoyed my system more as the presentation it reproduced became more detailed.

Kind of the same as I enjoy the flat screen TV in high definition that I now own way more than my old 25 inch console that was somewhat grainy in comparison.  

I think that too much detail in music results from the same issues that make some 4K movies hard to watch.

Ultra-high resolution video sometimes reveals all the flaws in the sets and makeup, that would normally be invisible on a standard blu-ray disc.

I was having lunch with a friend who is a musician | amp builder | speaker builder | etc. He was telling me that the Yamaha NS10M definitely needed some toilet paper on the drivers. I asked him if the paper had to be clean (being an audiophile). He still has a pair of the NS10M in his shop and uses them for some analysis.

Interestingly he told me that the new Yamaha NS5000 was the best box speaker he had heard. The new Zylon drivers are detailed as Beryllium but not bright. The best of both worlds. However, he did say that his Open Baffle (non-box) speaker was better.

@noromance...The ’white paper’ answers a lot....most of which previously threw me into the trap laid.....I have a pair of drivers that work best with a blocked vent...imho and taste. the last of which...🤷‍♂️

I might try that on my Heils for grins....

@yyzsantabarbara....makes sense to me....Yam. wouldn’t stay in business if they don’t keep sharpening the bleedin’ edge....

Go listen and file a report....Due Xmas eve....take a roll or 12 of TP ’samples’....;)