Why isn’t more detail always better?

I have different setups in different rooms. One smaller room has KEF ls50 meta speakers set up near field. That setup is revelatory when it comes to delivering every last morsel of detail in a recording. The better recordings simply bring the room to life! Totally enthralling! That’s a word I do not toss around very often.  
 

Give near field a chance!

Detail done right, like my Schitt Yggi+ OG DAC is amazing. I think the new SimAudio North Collection amps are getting raves because of the detail but also the natural sound of that detail. They are (almost?) as detailed as the Benchmark AHB2.

I love the RAAL SR1a and the Immanis phones because they are uber detailed. The Immanis being like the North Collection amps with the natural sound. That is why there is a world-wide lineup of buyers to get these phones.

I have been listening to my SR1a phones for the past 4+ hours into the night as I work and there is 0 fatigue. Sound is so good I am not missing my 2-channel.

The KEF LS50 Meta + KEF KC62 sub in a small room is amazing. I liked the wall of sound of the Magnepan LRS+ with the same sub, but it definitely was not as nice sounding as the LS50 Meta. The LRS+ was more interesting sonically with the massive deep soundstage. The only time I did not choose detail.

If ones' nuance is another's noise......

DSP 'cures' a space, then you adjust to Now v Then....

Same with changes in ~ with that which begins the quest to define the sort of whatever IT is....

IT ends when you accept is as close as.....🤷‍♂️😎

@mapman ...How's the Ohms doing in that regard?

:) 

As the aging gentleman said as he abruptly exited the room ... "Depends"

The term "detail" would imply "information", So what could be wrong with more information?  It depends/Depends.

When we made the transition into HDTV, those prominent primetime news anchors looked ..uh .. 30 years older.  Didn't help their ratings.  Or, make our TV dinners more palettable while watching.

Those "details" also contain spacial information which plays a major role in focus, staging, and "air" in the presentation. 

Sometimes the "details" are just right, but the room is getting in the way of an, otherwise, magnificent presentation. 

Or, sometimes the "details" sound perfect to our ears at moderate levels, but when dynamic passages are presented and other parts of the music just can't keep up, and those ":details" become prominent, and overwhelming.

Like the time when we run into an old high school flame 30 years after graduation wearing short shorts.  More information is not always better.