Comments on Profile Post by Gazny

I hear these terms all the time, but they don't really seem to be the same but often comingle in circles. Is it a question of taste, perception, or simply expectations?

Scaling to me is when something has the ability to adapt to to the downstream, but is it always for better? And what makes it better? Extension, transient rise time. Could it be the dampening factor interaction?

Resolution is the ability to show the unmusical garbage in audio.
The epitome of hifi sound, but where does one decide to value timbral and musicality in this equation?

Anyone have their own take on these two. Would be cool to read some options. Been meaning to write about these two for quite a while.

Is there a thread devoted to audio terminology? this would be a good place to discuss similar issues in a detailed way that doesn't disappear once your status is buried.

We can maybe move our posts there at a later time. I like to dedicate forum posts for my proof read ideas or ideas that had time to simmer.

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/audio-terminology-subjective-terms-used-on-superbaf.11665/

Tangentially related, I know people often times consider technicalities and musicality to be at odds with each other, but for me I always find increases in technicalities to bring increases in emotional involvement and realism

If scaling and resolution were the same thing, then theoretically the most resolving transducer would be the least efficient and/or most improperly damped one since it would make upstream coloration more critical and apparent, requiring more niche synergies. I don't think that's necessarily resolution at all. They are distinct concepts, though sometimes (often?) correlated.

Scaling and resolution are related but not the same. Resolution is the ability to resolve plankton. Scaling is the ability to translate plankton from the upstream downwards. Both of these concepts are separate from synergy, which arguably matters the most.

If plankton marks resolution, does upward compression + overshot transients = more resolving? I thought I used to know what resolution and scaling were, but no matter how I define them, I find loads of exceptions and paradoxes... Maybe I still don't understand what plankton is :shrug:

Tbh I don't understand it much either. Those things you mentioned though make things sound more macrodetailed; kind of like how bright headphones "cheat" at resolution. Utopia kind of does this, except further listening reveals that Utopia is very resolving

Much bullshit and idiocy has happened because of theunthinking transference of "resolution" as digital-image terminology to difgital audio.

But this, I think remains true: in a digital image, showing increasingly close lines, how far down the scale can one still see separate lines? In digital audio, when there is a noise, of combined instruments for instance, can the component parts be detected?

I always thought "scaling" was simply a hardware thing: Does it bring out the benefit of better components elsewhere in the kit?