Why isn’t more detail always better?

@mapman

"Bloom" is something mostly heard in live music, and rarely in reproduced (recorded) music (and the systems most of us have).

It is when the harmonics (overtones) of an instrument (or an orchestra) spread outwards in space, the way it does Live in a symphony hall (but not in a rock concert, which is about brute force). In most systems, "bloom" is the least likely trait to be achieved, as that is typically seen in very expensive systems. My WATTs - none of the generations I had - were not the type of speaker to produce "bloom." The WATT, in its first four generations, had much more of the "direct" sound, which is what Dave Wilson was aiming for when he recorded. Most of his recordings were violin/piano very close to the microphone, so there is not much bloom there. My Avalons and Infinity  speakers did do that. It is not related to attack or decay. Think of it as a kind of "echo" in that it goes on for seconds after a string is plucked, or percussion hit (assuming they don't silence the instrument manually). But the main point is that pop/rock music rarely ever have bloom. That is the purview of classical/jazz/international music,  and even THEY must be VERY well recorded.

Hmm I have ohm Walsh speakers that are very wide dispersion/pseudo Omni…somewhat like mbl.

I never thought about it that way but sounds like they are good candidates to produce “bloom” as described.

I do always regard the ohm Walsh sound to be more like live music than most. That is their most unique sonic trait and why I always seem to levitate towards them.

Detail should be accurate is what look for. Nothing added, nothing taken away and hopefully nothing “enhanced”.

"Details" or "blooming" are adjective used by people describing their subjective impressions.

These impressions can be taken negatively or positively...

They are not acoustic concepts.

I look and design my system/room to gave me natural timbre with all spatial attributes of a located and 3-d sound... With the gear system/room available for me...

I look for his optimal working which will be astonishing if i succeed nevermind the price or branded name ( I dont say that there is no difference of potential quality level here take note )

To reach this we must learn how to control the acoustic parameters at play... There is no kingly road to a good sound

This has nothing to do with the gear price or branded name. ( it is evident that some gear are better designed than other but it is not my point ).

The sentence : i want more details or i lack details or i had too much details is often an expression of our impotency facing a disturbing acoustic experience. It was for me before i learned how to use basic concepts in acoustic.

As remedy we must experiment with mechanical vibration/resonance controls, electrical noise control, and especially acoustic and psycho acoustic numerous parameters variation in experiment ( i used my own devices to do this).

I think, define, bloom as an "expansion/increase in that area of the lower midrange where the fundamentals of vocals emanate from."

Furthermore, I think that I could even make a demo showing this effect in real time (i.e., A/B). When I raise the crossover point on the Mermans from ~310 to ~350Hz in the JBL 2241H 18" and boost it by ~1 dB, it really impacts the vocals which come alive and take on a more realistic effect.  I can do this remotely at the flip of a switch for instantaneous comparison.