Detail?

We hear so much about detail but what does it mean?

How is it golden eared reviewers are able to retain that quotient of detail appraisal in time for their next review sample to turn up?

In the common language of England, WTF is detail?

I remember being "dragged" up the Odeon steps in my very early teens to watch The Sound of Music. Mam liked Julie Andrews, and OK, she was really clear and you heard every word sung.

I remember doing drawings at school, and being told to illustrate the detail in the feathers of the Jay (Garrulus glandarius - the Eurasian Jay so as not to be confused).

In tech drawing detail was used to illustrate a 2D drawing to give an impression as to the items real appearance, although, it was still a line drawing on paper - it could never look real!

At one time, listening to something, I was told it had great detail, and ever since I've thought of detail as all those mixed noises that can't be described as anything in particular, so when I read about detail, I think "noise" and at that point I stop reading.

And while I'm at it, what are crystalline highs? There are soluble and anhydrous crystals: table salt and washing soda being examples of soluble crystals; quartz and FeCl3 being anhydrous (but made by another process you can get hydrated ferric chloride).

Crystals, to me, are crunchy things, and before I forget, there's silicon carbide used for grinding and emery cloth.

If that's audiophilia, you can keep it! 

The 'detail' is evident when I moved from ''budget' equipment of Rock and Ballads music to me subtle tone of jazz, african Jazz in acoustic instruments or the 1950'S American Folk and blues guitars and the reality of the instrument may it the Armonica or flute of the guitar .....you can feel the '' Yamaya'' or "'Fender''  and you can differientiate......the tone assisted by the "detail'' trait that the Amp, b i-polar or Mosfet or Valve or other transistors design configuration .......Detail is Important to my ageing ears and my cognitive impairment 

That take's me back, to my first job when I had to read a drawing. I've not had to do that now for well over 12 years. It was always hard work trying to tell someone that you don't look at an engineering drawing you read it.