Describe the "new HiFi sound"?


Recently had a discussion with an audio friend over the word "musical" and what this word means to each of us with regard to sound from different amplifiers and speakers. Some debate too.  And, reading this other comment on Agon once in a while...how some equipment has the "new HiFi sound".  

ASK: 

Can someone describe this, in your words, what is the new HiFi Sound to you?  Examples? Or, opposites of the new HiFi sound, what does this sound like?

 

 

 

decooney

Never knew there existed a "new hifi sound"...what do I know...I'll keep my "old hifi sound" thank you very much...😁

Well, the so-called youngsters believe that anything older than themselves is garbage and needs to be redesigned and redefined. The poor manic depressives, they have my sympathy. They need to get a life and stop being so introverted.
 

@gryphongryph

Its fact that vinyl has surpassed CD sales and fact that people born after 2000 (or late nineties), and to people who were born and raised with the CD vinyl is new. My teenager was watching an old movie with me and when they played a record in a scene he was shocked, "What’s that, how can that play music"? (he is so used to have a screen or an LED display):

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/riaa-vinyl-units-surpass-cds-1234693223/

Musical is a useless term. It means I like it.

New Hi Fi Sound is an oxymoron. The goal of hi fi is reproduction of live sound. Live sound hasn't changed. So there can't be new hi fi sound.

Musical, has sufficient dynamic contrast across the frequency range to reasonably present music as live even if studio recorded. Oddly, some of the most obvious are backing soundtracks to advertisements... that somehow seem to have to most obvious dynamic contrasts not just elevated volume... a bit like the production of Muddy waters album, Folk Singer. Dramatically differentiated instruments that have punch, contrast. Rather like the power of contrast ratio in tv's...