As a chill electronica listener, should I stop at a Med-Fi system?


Hi All,

As an electronica music listener of chill, downtempo, folk, and similar music, is there any point of me seeking an ultra high resolution system...DAC, cables, power conditioning..etc?

If its all about the source material, much of the music i listen to is not an orchestra or live band with lots of microphones, so I'm assuming there's not a ton of imaging and micro-detail going on.

Is there, then, any purpose to seeking equipment that can resolve all of those little details?  Should i just stop at a healthy Mid-Fi System?

 

Example of Chill Music

Meadowlark - Can I have this Dance (Youtube)

Meadowlark - Can I have this Dance (Spotify)

 

Example of Chill Electronica Music

Meadowlark - Can I have this Dance [EMBERZ Remix] (Youtube)

Meadowlark - Can I have this Dance [EMBERZ Remix] (Spotify)

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@fai_v some people have system pages here in the forum.
I really appreciate them actually, the time someone goes to putting one up.
It may be humbling to see some crazy money spent and just the incredible systems people have.

Take for example ghdprentice above this post, he has two systems on his profile.
Hover over his name, left click and a drop down box will appear, if you right click and open in a new tab on "details", you keep the primary tab open and then go see system pages if people have them. Or you can see what they write, or personal message them. Now if you go look at ghdprentice's system page, you're going to see some really nice gear, and he's got both vinyl and digital going on, valve amps and really, you aught to look at his stuff - it's inspiring.

I have learned a lot from looking at system pages, and I'm grateful to those willing to share what they have, what they've chosen and efforts they've made.
You should have a look around at what people have done, their progression to where they are now and where they started. Some really gracious and helpful people in here, have fun mate.

Some of the songs I use to show off my system are electronic. Bass, imaging, and soundstage can be incredible. If you heard Music Is The Drug by Bassnectar on my system, you’d want to take your system up a notch or two. I’m sure the same thing would happen with a lot of the music you like. I realize Bassnectar isn’t exactly chill.

First of all it depends on what do you consider mid-fi? Its relative as even a pricey system could be considered mid-fi by some.

I listen to a lot of EDM/downtempo/Deep House and I'd say a highly resolving system definitely sounds fantastic when the specific recordings are extremely high quality.

Nicolas Jaar, Bonobo, Koop, Tosca, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Massive Attack, Thievery Corp, James Blake all have fantastic sounding albums that sound great in my system. Having good bass certainly helps, but a lot of these albums also have great mid and high frequency detail and live instrumentation. 

A song that is truly demanding of the system is Askvik - Liberty. Not because it's very bombastic. Contrary it's rather sublime. With myriads of sounds in a 3D universe. Still trying to achieve the perfect rendition. Of course you have to fight your room for this....