The term "High End" needs to die. Long live Hi-Fidelity!

@viridian:  "Its a travesty!"
That one really did make me laugh out loud.

I think High End is a great term and will live forever.

If using scientific instruments to measure things such as distortion, S/N ratio, and a lot of other specs used to present products as superior to others then that's scientific. Sure, a $20K plus system would probably sound better in the same room as one costing $1K. Maybe or maybe not.

I don't think the human ear is capable of discerning minute differences if the main goal is to learn what sounds best to the type of music listened to. Kudos to those who can afford very expensive equipment. But, the question of High End vs High Fidelity has an answer that can't ever be answered.

When i was a kid there was a magazine called Audio....which I absorbed during the late 70’s and early 80’s.......Was an unbelievably "inviting" magazine with a great format and feel. I learned a lot from it and it supplied me with a knowledge base with which I could pursue what would become a lifelong passion....Also had the absolute pleasure of listening to some VERY Hi-Fi systems when I was in Singapore....The boutique Hi-Fi store listening rooms there were astounding.... I know what a $500k system sounds like.

Hi-Fi is what you make it.....It is more than the sum of the system’s parts.

I now have a system that sounds fantastic but didn’t cost a fortune....thanks to all the high end snobbery...... Will never stop learning and improving....