HiFi vs MidFi

When I purchased my very first high end system to replace my Pioneer Elite receiver, I went with a Rotel combo preamp and amp which was the RB1080). I was told countless times by people including dealers that my Rotel was good “mid-fi” stuff.  I bought Def tech BP30 speakers and was told that was mid-fi too. At the time I took it to mean the brand and price. 

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It is all relative. To someone spending tens or hundreds of thousands on gear, MidFi is stuff selling for mere thousands.
To me, MidFi is gear selling for low hundreds like Best Buy receivers and stuff. I think calling it LoFi would be too derogatory.
Think most folks have MidFi. 

Hi bigtex

late to respond but ok.

Hi-fi High Fidelity ... we are living in a golden age of High Fidelity.  The "mid-fi' stuff is just fine.  It is more than just fine.  
The thing is this:  There is some music and what is the meaning of that music?  This is important despite the fact that I cannot tell you what it is.  Why?  Because music is music, it is not words.  So can have excellent verbal descriptions of paintings or music but music has musical meaning.  

How do we get that musical meaning?  Well by listening with open minds (and maybe some training and experience but that is not all that important).  Does the equipment impact on this?  Well actually no.  No!  If you break down a concerto into its components; the melody remains the same whatever the gear is.  The key does not differ either.  The harmony is not different.  Pretty all the music is the the same.  You want good hi fi gear : well you will get better timbral accuracy (ie a violin will sound closer to a real violin).  This is good and yeah I go for it.  But if you have mid-fi gear will you enjoy music less? No.  
But back to my point about a 'golden age'.  My giddy aunt!  Marantz, Onkyo, and Yamaha and others will give you a truly superlative amplifier for peanuts.  Goodness knows how many great budget speakers are out there.  And when I say budget ... let me add my personal experience: I have $20K speakers but my earlier 1K speakers delivered the music.

And don't get me started on sources.  

Dude:  Welcome to the world of Hi-Fi.  It is really great.  There will be tons of people who are zealots and pronounce "it is the music man ..."  I say they are kinda right  ... actually they have to be right by definition but you have come onto a hi-fi forum and the way I see it is that the gear is fine tuning. 

add my personal experience: I have $20K speakers but my earlier 1K speakers delivered the music.


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There is more snakeoil going on in speaker hype that all other snakeoil concerning all things audio,, well, except for the cable snakeoil, Nothing can touch that snakeoil
But speakers take 2nd place.
My WBer things can outperform any xover speaker in midrange
xover types I conisder midfi, WBers hifi.
Take Sonus faber, nice speakers, they use Scan Speak. Scanspeak are not going to outperform my WBers in WB fq’s. SF =$$$$$$$$
My WBers = $.
There ya go, pay hifii prices, yet you only get midfi midrange.
Sure Souns fabers perform well on simply jazz, you get some complex full jazz orchestra /classical orchestra going, the midrange in the Sonus fabers fall short vs midrange of a WBer.


Sonus faber on a good amp, WEll my Seas single W18E001 + Millennium will perform equal to this mega priced Sonus faber.
Seas W18 $300 + Mundorf 10uf Supreme @ $250 + Millennium @$350 + Mundorf 6 uf cap SESGO @ $300 X 2 = alotttt less than Sounus faber.
Equal performance.
Now a pair of WBers @ $550. Blows Seas’ away.

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