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
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.
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.
"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."
@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?
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.
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