Is it too bright or is it high resolution?


It has been said in the forums that one mans bright sounding amp is another mans high resolution amp. Some amps and preamp combinations can deliver a high resolution presentation and to others this may be considered too bright sounding. Is there a fine line that can distinguish between the two? Personally I like very revealing & the fine details delivered but the wife says it sounds a tad bit too bright.
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By the way, I completely disagree with the idea that lack of time alignment has anything to do with brightness.

Some of the brightest sounding speakers to my ears where old Thiels. Perfectly time aligned. Just like some garbage high-end speakers lately. No correlation between time-alignment and tonal balance.

The 2 pairs of speakers I listen to are smooth as butter and are NOT time co-incident and they do not sound bright, because that's how I designed them. 

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Men's hearing loss is our natural evolution meant to prevent us from killing women as we age.  IMHO. It doesn't decline fast enough, which is why we die sooner.  Again, IMHO.  

Soix, funny stuff! I may find my wife's voice bright even though I have age appropriate male hearing loss in the upper most frequencies. 
I think it's the sheer over-abundance of words that gets us in the end.  Ever been in a room full of women before?  It's daunting.  Yet their hearing is better.  I've come to realize that homosexual men are called gay because they're probably genuinely happy.  And their hearing is probably fine.  Just a theory.