Often detail (and high-frequency extension) comes at the expense of sibilance. I have had a number of customers that extended the frequency response of their systems, only to find that some other component or cable was causeing sibilance that was previously masked by the system roll-off. Also, improving HF dynamics can aggravate sibilance in components that are prone to sibilance because of thier poor design. The way to achieve detail without sibilance is to mod practically everything in your system. Even my speakers are modded - they caused sibilance as well.
Details don't mean a thing
After experiencing with different hi-end CDP that supposedly gives you a load of details, I was to say the least very disappointed. Details don't mean a thing unless they can make some sense. After awhile, it just gets too chaotic. Wit upsampling and super high resolution DAC out there, it's very tricky to make a high-end cdp. I just don't understand some of the thought going into making cdp from some of the high-end cdp makers. How can any sane human can listen to all those details without going insane?
I am going back to low-detail more musical CDP.
I am going back to low-detail more musical CDP.