Is my setup mid-fi or hi-fi?

How about mid-hi?

I have a neighbor who can't place her order at the restaurant without asking the waitress what she would eat and whether each and every entree is good! Who cares what someone else thinks? Decide for yourself. Does it sound good? Do you go off into la-la land while listening? Can you afford other things in your life or have you spent 1/2 a year's salary on your hi-fi/mid-fi/low-fi system?

WRT the CDP, do some listening while some friends swap out CD/DVD players ranging from $50 to $1,500 (used price). Connect to your processor digitally (coax). Wear a blind fold. I'll bet the farm you can't rank the players according to cost.

I've read a lot of junk here and it very rarely agrees with what I see or hear when I am auditioning AV equipment. How many of these folks have had their hearing tested? Or their color accuity, for that matter?

Buy what you like. Like what you buy!

E in R.I.

Open your wallet. Turn it upside down. If money falls out, it is mid-fi. If such is the case, take the remaining money and buy a nice meal and some good tunes to enjoy on your system.

Trying to make everyone agree that you have a "high end" system on this forum will have you taking out loans and maxing out your credit cards. So long as you enjoy what you have, there's no need for anything close to that. Sean
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"High end" is the most over used word on this forum. As for mid-fi and hi-fi---what is really the difference? 1/2 hi-fi + 1/2 hi-fi = 1 whole - fi!!!!!!! Someone coined a phrase to attempt to part you from your money from you as Sean says.

Skip that last from you

This is a fair question, but perhaps not well posed. I think that this person is wondering to what extent are they achieving the level of sound quality that most audiophiles tend to seek. That is, to what extent does this system achieve the goals which drive so many of us away from "mid-fi" gear.

My response would be that I've definitely heard Totem speakers produce the level of sound quality that I seek in an "audiophile" system. As for Halo, I've heard the top of the line and I think it's squarely in a top quality range as well. I'm not sure about the particular model suggested, but more important, I suspect that this model may not have power needed to get the Mani-2 to sing. I recall that the Mani-2 has some kind of double woofer that needs a LOT of very clean power to open up.

Then there are issues of taste: the top of the line Halo amp did not produce the palpability that I've heard from great tube amps, but it was extraordinary clean and clear and transparent and quite musical, quite enjoyable. However, while the question posed seems to be asking mainly about level of quality, I would suggest that character of the system needs to be a consideration as well. That is, I would extend the question.

So my short answer is that the choice of brands has great potential to achieve the "magic" that audiophiles tend to seek, but the system matching may or may not achieve this. Moreover, a particular taste in sound is presumed by this choice of gear, and the owner should be aware of that.

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