Please help to explain

[garc 0]

I am very bewildered be the term mid-fi and hi-fi anybody can explain what constitute a mid or hi-fi?

[Mackie 0]

Most think it's pricing but sound quality should be the decisive barometer. However, both aspects are equally relevant in regards to value-for-money factor.

 

For instance, if a mid budget $1000 cdp can pit against a well regarded $4000 cdp, the former can be considered high-end too. YMMV.

[yongchris 0]

mid-fi is what pretentious audiophools think of your system. hi-fi is what YOU think of YOUR system.

 

 

In other words, they are just words and perceptions. Trust in your own ears.

 

Chris

 

 

[Rameish 0]

Mid-fi is a term coined by reviewers of magazines for budget componets that offer almost high-fidelity reproduction but just didn't make the grade. Usually there is a co-relation between price and performance but occasionally a mid-fi priced product behaves like a high fidelity product, and a hi-fi product behaves on rarer occasions like a mid-fi product (I con't think of an example of this off hand - so you see it's really rare).

 

There is alot of audio snobbery around but on the other hand don't think that your better than average but mid-fi component actually sounds better than a hi-fi product. In other words - a "5 star" S$500 product will not outperform a "3-star" S$2,000 product.

 

BTW "3-Stars" in What Hi-Fi lang is average performance/value/compatibility for its price. For what's it worth - I stopped reading What Hi-Fi long ago and I neither advocate nor condemn that magazine.

Likewise for Stereophile and Hi-Fi Choice. The best reviewer is you and only you. If you can't hear the difference or if the difference is only a difference and not better then don't pay more.

 

Hope this helps LOL