what is the meaning of this???

I agree with Frank but enjoyed Octopus' response.

All this shows a couple of things AFAIC, one- just how much differently we all percieve anything (I have watched three people witness the same event and then listened in amazement when all describe it so differently you wonder if they were watching the same event), and two - just how difficult it can sometimes be for us to accurately describe to another what we are hearing -- which is why Octopus' response is right on.

Myself, when I think of "fleshed out" I analogize it to a skeleton or an emaciated person as opposed to someone with a healthy physique with some "meat on their bones" (you know, Twiggy or Calista Flockheart vs. Pamela Anderson). Thus, being fleshed out brings to my mind, filling in the empty areas with a healthy amount of . . . well . . . use yer imagination.

Ah heck with it, I think we shold ask Hannibal Lecter.

"Fleshed out" is a term used by a hunter (or trapper), when the skin and fat are removed from a carcass. In this instance, I would expect it to be used in reference to "getting to the meat". The meat being the music, as opposed to hearing the electronics.

But what do I know?
$0.02 from Alaska
David.

That should have read "skin and fur". You need the fat for flavor...
dl

I havealways believed fleshed out to refer to the ability to hear all of what is going on in the music, instruments, rhythyms, timbres, etc not just the skeleton. As the total level of accurate information recovered increases, the music reproduction becomes more fleshed out and closer to the real thing.