Comments on Profile Post by ChaChaRealSmooth

  1. Lyander
    Lyander
    The capacity of audio gear to eke out subtler nuances in recordings that less resolving gear isn't capable of reproducing with as much texture or nuance, or an aspect of being that allows one to commit to a course of action determined as having value in the commitment? :p
    Nov 17, 2019
  2. Lyander
    Lyander
    If about audio gear, I use the term resolution pretty loosely. It's basically just more "oh wait I've never heard *that* before!" than anything else, though I suppose that leaves out microdynamics which technically should qualify as being a part of resolution since it's (arguably?) innate to source material.
    Nov 17, 2019
  3. ChaChaRealSmooth
    ChaChaRealSmooth
    I was like, "uhhh…..plankton?" XD
    Nov 17, 2019
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  4. PTS
    PTS
    Always thought it was a fancy world for detail, within the audio realm.
    Nov 17, 2019
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  5. RobS
    RobS
    Would "resolving headphones" also mean revealing differences in upstream components?
    Nov 17, 2019
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  6. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    Back in the day when I could hear such things... There's an orchestral-percussion crescendo in one of Mahler's symphonies, I think it is the 2nd. My test: how much does it sound like drums and how much does it sound like one noise. I guess that is resolution.

    Or audiophoolery.
    Nov 17, 2019
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  7. Kunlun
    Kunlun
    Some sounds small not easy hear. Resolve means can hear small sounds.
    Nov 17, 2019
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  8. Claritas
    Claritas
    "Resolution" has come to be related to the visual, rather than the auditory. I prefer more specific descriptions, including "very fine details" and "precise sense of position."
    Nov 17, 2019
  9. Lyander
    Lyander
    @Claritas though many parallels can be drawn between auditory and visual perception. Not as many as would negate distinction between them, but at least as far as "resolution" goes I can see how the term can be used in the context of audio; "seeing" finer detail with your ears?
    Nov 17, 2019
  10. Lyander
    Lyander
    I just noticed I revert to visual analogies describing sound! "tapestry", "texture", "depth", etc. are all terms I use for description, hah.

    @ChaChaRealSmooth I actively avoid using "plankton" because... LOL at my rig being that nuanced, for one, plus I'm not sure I understand it myself. I do understand micro-detail and -dynamics though, which may or may not be a function thereof.
    Nov 17, 2019