Questions about Resolving Systems

@lucmichaud1 

When listening to a full orchestra symphony finale, most systems present a wall of sound that is a bit garbled. In a concert hall, you hear all the instruments together, but not mixed. For me , resolving is the ability of a system to get close to that.

This is a very important point. This is where my system still struggles, but given all it can do with just about everything else -- including letting older, more compressed recordings still speak their truths -- I'm likely to just forgive it. Remember what happened in Hawthorne's "The Birthmark"? We mustn't kill beauty as we seek perfection.

Resolving is a lot like other audio qualities - a matter of taste.  To my ears, too much 'resolution' and the background effects reduce the musicality and become distracting.  The background noise, or peripheral instruments, actually stand out too much relative to the main theme of the music.  You get to say 'wow, listen to that', but then it only indicates that something that should be in the blend is now standing out too  much.

Important to have a balance in resolution, and take it to the edge and not over the edge.  Like too much treble or bass.  I think it is possible to hear into the music too much if you are actually seeking to listen to the music (musicality).

Resolution is a very nice feature of a good system, while too much takes away from that.  Only a personal opinion, of course.....

Resolution is a very nice feature of a good system, while too much takes away from that.  

could not agree more

too much of anything in life, even good things, is not good...

@rogerh113… “Resolution is a very nice feature of a good system, while too much takes away from that.”

Absolutely!