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Why is there no Mid End

We are all audiopiles quote un quote who accept the term High End to describe expensive or if you must reference grade sound reproduction. Some of us freely admit that we have mid-fi equipment but never say mid end or even sub High End. Even if you were to use the fact that High End implies a limiting superlative why don't we say this is a Low End piece we use low fi (or other language that's even worse) more frequently.
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ozfly
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For some reason, manufacturers choose not to advertise their wares as mid fi or low fi. In truth, the borders between hi, mid an low are tough to nail down. Is class B or C per Stereophile mid fi? Is everything sold at Circuit City low fi? To a tube fan, everything solid state may be mid fi at best.

To keep things simple, I'm with Nrchy. Hi Fi is what I own and Mid Fi is what everyone else owns ;-) Nice, clear, simple, no gray areas. Who me? Insecure??? Nah. Happy New Year everyone!
ozfly
887 posts
 
Plato, one word: Grooaan ;-)
ozfly
887 posts
 
Actually, a few more words... On reflection, you can define mid end as whatever is in the middle, regardless of how good the middle becomes over time. If you subscribe to this approach, the majority of equipement is always mid to low end by definition. The rub is that everyone's individual measurement scale differs so we'll likely never reach any kind of agreement on what equipment goes where.
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