Why isn’t more detail always better?

I’m confused; are you looking for meaningful responses to this post (not mine).

Detail is definitely not always better. Lots of "high end" systems excel at transparency and detail and completely miss at the music. 

The detail must be there, but it should be represented in proportion to the overall presentation. If the detail gets highlighted then the venue and mastering is disproportionalely highlighted. This can make all but the best recordings sound bad, in the worst case fatiguing. 

An important aspect of overly detailed systems is lack of midrange bloom... this makes the details stand out from the basic instruments and vocals. In all but the very best it also dries up the presentation and makes the music soulless. 

@ghdprentice what does “bloom” mean? How do you know it when you hear it? Is that something other than attack and decay? Doesn’t more detail help with that as well? Is detail not relevant for “bloom”? Eq can help adjust midrange tonality. I’m thinking it’s an artifact of tubes. Does detail with tube gear not matter?

I’m truly having trouble understanding how detail done well can be a bad thing.    Done wrong…I get that. 

Here’s a summary of what I can find regarding bloom in hifi sound.   But what is the relationship to detail?   I don’t see how detail done right (low distortion?) can negatively influence bloom.   I’ve read reviews of SS gear as well as tube gear that reviewers rate highly on attack and decay.  Not sure about bloom.