Questions about Resolving Systems

I understand. I’m talking about the other side of resolution, ie. the footfalls, coughs, hum in mic cables and whispers. That all comes through as well. It was distracting at first but I am able to tune it out, mostly. The benefits are hearing the voices of a Chorale spread out across the room vs. just a cloud of sound or the clarity of mid bass. That part is exciting. I mention mid bass a lot because I think that is the hardest thing to get right in a room/system. And unfortunately, I didn’t know it was lacking or missing until I heard a top notch resolving system some years back.

I was talking to a recording engineer at Axpona last year. He can hear where the splices are in the master tapes while playing back a song; but that is his job. That is a level of listening beyond my capabilities for sure.

@tonywinga - sorry for the delete, had to sort out a silly double emphasis which made my post look etched  😂

here’s how it was supposed to read….actually, from what you’ve written, tony, I believe we are talking about very different things. The details and textures I refer to of the everything in-between do not distract from the music in the least, nor do they create the stress you mention. From the very first impression of a good highly resolving system, all that fine detail that may not have been heard before in a lesser system, adds to the texture of space itself as the profound context of its soundfield, in becoming part of the music. It is a realism that has nothing to do with having to accustomise or get used to - what you describe sounds etched, or hyper-realistic - the very thing I try to avoid as superficial resolution. But of course I would have to have an involved listen of your system to truly know what you mean.

In friendship, kevin

For me a resolving system is a system that lets you know everything about the recording, warts and all - sometimes it's a blessing sometimes it's a PITA.

A resolving system also makes the effect of upgrades or tweaks (cables, power filtering, vibration decoupling, capacitors upgrades etc) very obvious and also highlights phenomenons such as burn-in, variations in AC quality, etc.

What we need is a system that reveals all the good characteristics of good recordings, but then detects bad recordings and "fixes them up."