Mid Fi is apparent when you hear something demonstrably better by any and all standards, on a level you never thought possible. Until then, you simply won't know it until you here it.
Nailed it.
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How is mid-fi defined? In a word, measurements. As in using measurements to sell mid-fi products. High end audio products are bought and sold based on the subjective experience they provide. Mid-Fi is more based on numbers, both in how it’s marketed, and how it’s designed (cheaper). Put another way, the next time somebody is screaming for measurements in an audio discussion, if you can, find out the composition of their system; mid-fi and/or old/cheap. |
What a great question. Recall the Supreme Court Justice that couldn’t define Pornography but knew it when he saw it? @buff nailed it pretty well I thought. And OP I would classify your system as High End. No one I know in real life cares about audio. My 2 mid Fi HT systems in my house blow them away. I try not to show them my 2 channel system because I get tired of answering questions about cost and having them see the thousands of CDs in that room. So everyone considers the mid Fi stuff an Uber extravagance that sounds better than anything they could imagine. Every now and then I find myself enjoying the mid Fi so much I think “Yeah, if I had to, I could live with this”. Until I listen to the same recording on my HE system. |
@mahler123 I wish you would have confirmed the status of my system as hifi 11 years ago as I could have been happy and not upgraded :-) I know have a Pathos Classic One amplifier, a modified (though budget) DAC, and even some audiophile approved audio connects. Look at me go! |
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