GirgleMirt
500+ Head-Fier
Yeah agreed for detail/resolution being hard to quantify... Which is where at least theoretically those who own the headphones should be able to present the most accurate depiction, as opposed to just demo'ing the products for a short while... But even then it's not consistent due to opinions being subjective...
Really not quite sure about the "Slower drivers can sound more detailed on a quick listen. Why? Because they reduce or don't even play all the ambient cues." though. As it's information contained in the signal, it is played, just not rendered properly or mushed/meshed/distorted. And I've never experienced a case where crap gear sounds more resolving because it's less resolving, ymmv... Peaky frequencies & FR aberrations sure are in my opinion the worse offenders for fake detail, good/strong bass (confuse amount for quality, etc), etc., but never heard worse detail/resolution mistook as great detail/resolution...
For EQ, you & Schiit are wrong though, digital EQs do not negatively affect the signal like analog does. See here. https://www.head-fi.org/threads/q701-impressions-thread.582276/page-637#post-14513162
Really not quite sure about the "Slower drivers can sound more detailed on a quick listen. Why? Because they reduce or don't even play all the ambient cues." though. As it's information contained in the signal, it is played, just not rendered properly or mushed/meshed/distorted. And I've never experienced a case where crap gear sounds more resolving because it's less resolving, ymmv... Peaky frequencies & FR aberrations sure are in my opinion the worse offenders for fake detail, good/strong bass (confuse amount for quality, etc), etc., but never heard worse detail/resolution mistook as great detail/resolution...
For EQ, you & Schiit are wrong though, digital EQs do not negatively affect the signal like analog does. See here. https://www.head-fi.org/threads/q701-impressions-thread.582276/page-637#post-14513162