Is "detailed" audiophile code for too much treble?

As you go up in quality of components, you generally get more transparency, more finesse. It’s important to balance the system with components that compliment each other. If you have a really high quality amplifier and speakers, that combination will reveal any shortcomings upstream and that includes brightness. Good components (and cables) usually take some time to acclimate to and to really start appreciating the sound quality. Refined and not in your face. Think of walking into a store where you see a bunch of TVs on display. The ones with colors and sharpness thru the roof is what immediately strikes you and at a first glance these units impress. Spend a bit more time and you begin to realize it isn’t natural and is actually fatiguing. Same with audio. Detailed, articulate, resolving, transparent and musical doesn’t have to be bright.

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Detailed, articulate, resolving, transparent and musical doesn’t have to be bright.

I equate detail to clarity and separation. Brightness to an aspect of the tonal character. 

Perhaps this may help?

Detail:  The subtlest, most delicate parts of the original sound, which are usually the first things lost by imperfect components. See "low-level detail." Compare "haze," "smearing," "veiling."

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“Detailed” is what you hear in a live acoustic performance sitting six to ten feet away from the performer(s).

”Muffed,” or “smeared” is what you hear when you go into the venue’s bathroom.

Nothing to do with “bright” or “treble.”