How is Mid Fi defined?


I've noted on several threads that there are references to Mid Fi vs. Hi Fi, but I doubt there is much agreement on what qualifies a system as Mid Fi vs. Hi Fi.

To keep this fun, let's phrase it this way:

You might own a Mid Fi system if...
mceljo

@mahler123 I wish you would have confirmed the status of my system as hifi 11 years ago as I could have been happy and not upgraded :-)

I know have a Pathos Classic One amplifier, a modified (though budget) DAC, and even some audiophile approved audio connects.  Look at me go!

I have your Pioneer Elite player I think (it was for SACD and DVD-Audio).  It had some sort of FireWire connection so that if you had the matching Pioneer AVR, the combination, while being mid Fi, was superb.  If you wanted to play a movie you had to disconnect the FireWire and connect HDMI so eventually I just added a cheap Sony BluRay in that system and used the Pioneer for music only.  After more than a decade I upgraded the AVR and lost that proprietary FireWire link and used HDMI for the multichannel music from the Pioneer player.  It still sounded very good but some of the magic was gone