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

I think if we are going to keep this hobby accessible, and meaning anything we need to get rid of the expression "high end." In particular, lets get rid of the idea that money equals performance.


Lets get rid of the idea that there's an entry point to loving good sound.
erik_squires
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cleeds
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mahlman
... wouldn't it be a hoot to get these guys to do double blind testing ...
What are you waiting for? Why don't you organize some double-blind testing of your own?
cd318
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Much of the so-called High-End is to blind listening tests what New Clothes were to the Emperor!  Suits you sir! Indeed.

How many times have we all heard the same tired excuses at shows when the audience response has been rather muted?

“It’s these hotel rooms”, or maybe “it’s the humidity”, or even the poor recordings to blame etc etc.

Let’s face it when you can pick up a pair of Harbeth M40.2s for £11.5k and a Technics 1200G for a little over £2.5k, it might be worth asking exactly just how high end do you really need to go?


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mikepowellaudio
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I dont like saying I am in the "High End Audio" business at all. It denotes a social location. Fook that.
So Ive been using HiFi for about 10 years now, the only thing I run into is people that use the word "HiFi" to mean sterile sounding neutered music. The lifeless crappy sound, you know ... And lemme tell ya , there is no "End" to anything we do..lol
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