Is my setup mid-fi or hi-fi?

"Totem Acoustic Mani-2 Signatures"

===>>>Totem Mani-2 Signatures = HI-fi

At then end of the day when you come home and play your music - it should relax you, make you want to play more, set you in that toe-tapping mood. If it cannot do that, then whatever the cost/brand - it is a shame-fi!!

your system is 'mid hi-fi', 7.575 to be precise. i have a mathematical equation, top secret, that i use to calculate systems. re. cdp, the quality of the recordings will annihilate most subtle differences between cdp's anyway. i have been so impressed by the new generation of cd's that it is hard to play the 'old' cd's. seriously, if you found this site and own that type of gear, you do not need to worry about the quality of reproduction you are enjoying. you have permission to call it hi-fi in my book!

Veroman, I got 7.6375, did you forget to carry something? Or maybe you equation is incorrect.

I'd look at the Ayre C-5xe. That is what I bought and IMO for the price it is better sounding than equipment twice its price that play only one or two formats. It is a universal stereo player (DVD-A, SACD, CD & HDCD, DVD-V, etc). It has gained a lot of recognition this last year and won some awards as well such as the joint digital source component award of 2005 from Stereophile magazine, "joint" meaning it shared the title with a two piece dCS stack, which is around 4.5 times the price. It also won a joint component award of 2005 from the magazine as well.

It only took me a minute or two of listening to it before I knew it was the perfect source for my system. I then spent a lot more time just listening to it at the store because I knew it would take a month for my order to even get to me since they are back ordered right now due to the high demand. I should finally be getting it in the next week.

Here is a link to the Stereophile product of the year awards: product of the year awards