How is Mid Fi defined?

a term perpetuated by salesman so they can sell hi fi IMO

Your system is mid fi if selling it during a time of financial hardship wouldn't make a significant difference. This definition is variable as well as money has different value to different people.

In my case, I doubt I could get enough money selling my entire system to really make a significant difference unless I was getting down to not being able to afford food. A few thousand dollars would be helpful in the immediate short term, but unless the actual problem was solved I would likely choose to skip that particular step and move on.

I've never understood people selling all their stuff. My brother-in-law sold his blu-ray player a while back and likely got $20 for it. Did it really make a real difference in his finances, I doubt it.

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.

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.

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.