HiFi vs MidFi

Tell ya what

If you are willing to give up some fq's in bass + highs response, you will be rewarded with midrange magic in a  SET.

So its hard to say one is better than the other. But I'd say SET is my preference. PP asa  2nd setup.

Speakers, only a  FR system will do. 

I look at xover/low sensitivity speakers as midfi. Including Zu and Tekton, both mid-fi. 

To qualify for hifi speakers there must be near zero cloration/distortion.

At say 70-75 db SPL. 

I listen to music at no more than 65 db SPL.

HiFi literally stands for high fidelity, which means a great deal of faithfulness to the original source. 

Lesser equipment doesn't reveal as much of the original source to be heard as much as better equipment. That doesn't mean you can't have an enjoyable experience listening to mid-fi equipent. It's just as there's less being revealed. That can be on the way of color, texture, frequency response, and dynamics. 

HiFi literally stands for high fidelity, which means a great deal of faithfulness to the original source.

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Excellent post. may I be of some assistance helping you to clarfiy what you mean by High(est) Fidelity, OK well here ya go, Music starts at 13:33 

In terms of price, it’s usually $100-$200k difference.

In terms of sound quality, well…

In terms of price, it’s usually $100-$200k difference. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Not true

fact of this matter what is MidFi vs HIGH FIDELITY is simply stated

KT series tubes (EL34,88,120,150, might even throw Jadis’ 170 in this midfi group) is midfi

High Fidelity are the so called DHT SET and PP designs. DHT

Let me be clear KT aka Kinkless Tetrode = Mid Fidelity, nice but no cigar.

vs

DHT now here is where the golden sounds are voiced. The crown jewels of tube amplification.

Jut my 2$ opinion which will only get you a  $2 cup of coffee,

you KT fans , dont get all bent out of shape over my unbiased opinion.

. Stay **kink=less** ;--)

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