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"detail" enjoyable inversely related?

I have heard many references to this or that being too "analytical" or detailed.The next line usually contrasts that to another product which seems mor eenjoyable or real or any one of a bunch of adjectives that usually mean better in a subjective way.
So is there truly an inverse relationship here? I mean how can something be too detailed? If it is in the music shouldn't I get to hear and should that lead to commensurate enjoyment to being there? Or is there a loss of musicality in the struggle for detail?
I wish I could one day sit in on a live recording session (maybe the one in the cowboy junkie's garage?) to see what is really there. the only problem there is the same strange feeling you get when you are at a live sporting event and you kind of imagine that the instant replay will right away pop up so it is ok if you go get a dog and a beer! I mean at a live event (just like in our regular lives) there is no instant replay and we can't keep replaying the same passage or event over and over. So what then is our audio goal?
I say it varies.....and that is why I NEED more and more equipment!
jdwek
jvr
105 posts
 
i feel that to much detail kills the music. tas had a writer comment on a live show of diana krall at carnige hall. he could not hear the individual instruments the sound was all blended. so are we searching for the live moment? do we want to hear exactly as the microphone does? or do we just like to by a lot of cool gear? to each his own....but their should be a 12 step program for this hobby.
sean
6,231 posts
 
I think that "overtly detailed" gear seems to rob the music of "prat" somehow. You tend to listen more "into" the music than to the music itself. This could be why people describe systems as being "detailed" or "musical" even though sometimes they are referring to the tonal balance also. I think most of us are looking for something that is quite detailed but not to the point of distracting yourself from the musicality of the performance or system itself. One of those ever illusive "fine lines". Sean
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elgordo
530 posts
 
One should bear in mind that there is live music and recorded music and never the twain shall meet. In a live classical music concert, for instance, there really isn't much separation, depth, pin-point imaging nor detail. To really re-create the live experience, one would need small speakers surrounding the listening chair. These speakers, driven by separate tracks, would reproduce the sounds of coughing, programs being rustled, candy being unwrapped, stage whispers, beepers, cell 'phones ringing (to the tune of "Dixie") and the like. To really re-create the live experience, a servo-controlled boxing glove should be installed on the back of the listening chair to simulate the person behind you kicking your seat, followed by "excuse me" emanating from one of the rear speakers. To enjoy the hobby, be amazed that cones, ribbons, Mylar panels and aluminum cones can reproduce the sound of a three hundred year old violin or a Steinway concert grand as well as they do. It's much better for one's mental health. Don
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