Holographic imaging

To me bloom is the same as harmonic richness. Bloom is not fat or warm per se. It is a highly complex (due to overtones) sound with texture. "Air" is the surrounding and expanding sound we generally don't hear in real life. I think air is an artifact of microphones. "Air" is not: ambient clues --> the diffuse reflected sound by hall acoustics and nearby structures. "Air" that appears like an "aura" is totally wrong! We don't hear such a thing in real life. You can hear this "aura" like phenomenon with the older Jadis units for example. Like Dave said: it is pretty but not very realistic (although some people are addicted to this "aura").

Chris

"The more transparency you get, where SS excels, the less air seems to be possible around the instruments. "

This is not consistent with my experience. I find "air" is more associated with transparency. It can happen with SS or tubes.

Regarding bloom, this term confounds me personally.

I have looked the term "bloom" up and cannot find a definition that pertains specifically to sound or audio.

I found this:

2. To shine; glow.
3. To grow or flourish with youth and vigor.
4. To appear or expand suddenly: White vapor bloomed from the side of the rocket's fuel tank.
v.tr.
1. To cause to flourish.

Make the emotional association of this with the sound you like as you will.

I suppose my system flourishes with vigor, so maybe its bloomier than I thought prior. Definitely holographic though...

For me the use of psilocybin always increases my sonic holography taking it way beyond 3D.

Does holography (I can't believe I just said that) come at a cost? That is, does a system designed for maximum spatial attibutes suffer, generally, in some other area of performance - like timbral accuracy? Is H mutually exclusive with some other area of performance?