My experience, at least on the classical recordings which comprise most of my listening, has been that more often than not increased resolution of fine detail tends to make poor recordings less objectionable. For example, on an overly bright orchestral recording the sound of massed strings will often tend to be much more listenable when it is resolved into an approximation of the sound of massed strings, albeit with some added brightness, rather than being reproduced as a homogenized blob of sound.
Also, my experience with a DEQX HDP-5 preamp/signal processor I introduced into my system about two years ago has convinced me that if everything else is close to being equal improvements in time coherence can help to provide just that sort of increased resolution. A DEQX when properly adjusted can bring any speaker that is not truly time coherent (meaning almost all speakers other than Vandersteen, Thiel, Green Mountain Audio, and some full range electrostatics and other single-driver speakers) closer to being time coherent. Another member having extensive experience with time coherent speakers (Bombaywalla) has made similar comments in past threads here about that potential benefit of time coherence.
Best regards,
-- Al
Also, my experience with a DEQX HDP-5 preamp/signal processor I introduced into my system about two years ago has convinced me that if everything else is close to being equal improvements in time coherence can help to provide just that sort of increased resolution. A DEQX when properly adjusted can bring any speaker that is not truly time coherent (meaning almost all speakers other than Vandersteen, Thiel, Green Mountain Audio, and some full range electrostatics and other single-driver speakers) closer to being time coherent. Another member having extensive experience with time coherent speakers (Bombaywalla) has made similar comments in past threads here about that potential benefit of time coherence.
Best regards,
-- Al