How is Mid Fi defined?

cwlondon..i agree, except i would add that money is involved every time someone spends it.

Also, I would suggest that in the context of the OT....high-fi "is a pejorative expression invented by audiophiles"

just saying.

it's hifi when your cables and speaker wires cost more than your speakers, amps or source. i can hear a difference. ha

This has been fun for me to read because I have been surrounded by "hi fi" all my life. While the thread is about "mid fi" what I think about most in reading these posts is how the definition of "hi fi" has changed among those who care about it since the time the term was first coined. I am starting a new thread about that.

Yesterdays/yesteryears Hi-fi.When you can buy it for 10% of it's original price tag and still really enjoy it.
*I would also define it as audio gear that is two tiers down from higher-fi.
*It's a special spouse-friendly euphemism for any piece of heinously-expensive gear that can be snuck into a system and passed off as an innocuous addition that one can feign a lukewarm attitude toward. (The male equivalent to: "That old thing? Oh, that's been in the family for years, honey".)

Cwlondon gets a standing ovation for his two responses above. Spot. On.