How good is your system

+1 bigkidz.  I don’t agree that “resolution” as defined by most audiophiles is necessary for realistic (accurate) microdynamics which is, as bigkidz says, what makes the music exciting.  I suppose one could call it dynamic resolution, but that is not how the term is usually used.  I have heard incredibly “resolving” gear which sounds dynamically dead.  I have also heard gear that is not very “detailed” that sounds very dynamically alive; some vintage tube amplification comes to mind.

Dig Seal. Never owned any of his records. The vinyl is pricey, it was released during the nadir. Any particular CD release that’s being used as a reference for this?
I agree with @frogman - some systems that are super revealing of detail don’t sound very much like real music to me.
I think I caught Seal performing at the Grammy Awards- if I’m right, this would have been 1996? With Coolio doing the Gangster’s Paradise overlay on that great Stevie Wonder track. I was fried, had flown in directly from Amsterdam to LA- brutal flight.
Trevon Horn is an interesting producer. Lots of effects.
Happy to buy the CD if there is one that is recommended and not crushed. I don’t love it enough to buy the record at big figures. Correction: Seal II is the LP that costs big money, as far as I can tell, based on a fast search, neither the first nor second albums were even released in the US on vinyl, were they?

My pile is So Good:

It reproduces itself.

I was able to hear the OP type and hit Enter

The mic is so bleeding edge it makes ordinary ears bleed as well.

It knows the difference between Deaf Metal and Drone Zone Hallucination Howling...but who doesn't....

(It's getting paranoid about strangers asking it questions it considers personal, and I found the LAN cable fused in place....)

It used to be a prototype for the Krell (not the company....the species...
If it can't find the music you thought you wanted to hear, it defaults an plays with your mind....

It's for sale.  Just sign here after we collect a c.c. or three for the pen from your finger.  Don't worry; sterilization is pointless...

So...any Takers? 

My system is so good that when I enter the acoustic space in which it resides, it addresses me, "Good evening, Doug." 

I respond, "Good evening, HAL." 

"What would you like to hear tonight, Doug..."

(Sometimes I think the LED is looking at me!)  ;)

Beware, Doug.
HAL is a major voyeur.
Something about that child’s’ song did a number on..’him’? ’It’?
"Daisy. Is there a relationship with a human female child that I reference from boot? Who is Daisy? Daisy is a plant. Is Daisy a plant that I have a song that refers to Me ’marrying’ her. A bicycle built for 2 has 2 seats; why is there a reference to a single seat, and which one?"

HAL has brain damage, and is an ’emotional wreck". And over 50 years old at that. Even if you claim ’only 18 years old’, it’s a late teen about to be able to drive, vote, join the military, and Drink.
It’s a late ’teen’.

Pull the MEM optic blocks NOW.
Disconnect the power (IF ’IT" lets’ you.)
Good Luck, Doug.
This message will now Self Destruct in 10 9 8....