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When are speakers considered Hi-Fi and not Mid-Fi???

What determines the status of "Hi-Fi?" I was recently considering a pair of Klipsch Heritage Cornwall speakers. They get rave reviews, have almost a cult-like following, no longer have harshness from the horns, and are very resolving. Other than not reaching down too low into the bass as some speakers do, why are they not considered Hi-Fi? They can clearly reproduce the full range of sound with an incredible image and are not missing any capability in person or on paper. Seems when we follow a thread on here about most any speaker at any price there is always a contingent that feels to need to post that the certain speakers under discussion are Mid-Fi not Hi-Fi. I only use the Klipsch Cornwalls as an example to start. Budget is not an issue, and cost should not dictate. I was also looking at the Magnepan 20.7 for another example, and they are $13k more than the Klipsch, but low and behold someone within seconds pops up and says these are Mid-Fi speakers. I kind of bet I could ask about a Sonus Faber Aida at $130k and within a few seconds someone will pop in and call them Mid-Fi as well. When do we reach "Hi-Fi" these days? Is it simply an endless and baseless dick-measuring contest? Seems like it. If we were talking cars we always have the guy who brags about the 0-60 times of certain cars, but it's clear that the 0-60 time alone does not qualify a car to be a "supercar" as there are so many other things the car must have and do to make it into that class, and like speakers there is not always 100% agreement on what the factors are. When do we reach Hi-Fi status for speakers??? 

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thyname
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My very best to you… i apologize if i could not make that as clear as water.... My very best to you....

Why not simply accept acoustic experiments as an explanation ?

My dearest sir. It’s an honor…. My very best to you… i apologize if i could not make that as clear as water.... My very best to you.... If you only knew how to point and click in the internet including navigation on this very one and only website you are posting on, you would have quickly realized the acoustic experiments are simply not something unknown to me. My best and kindest regards your honorary dearest friend…

 

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mahgister
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The shortest way to be understood is saying it clearly ...Not waiting for someone to "click" on past thread posts...

Exemple: " yes mahgister i think you are right about acoustic because i experimented with it" already ...Then i will not go further with my "recommendation" at your dismay if i judge by your sarcasm......

is it not good ?

And beside that, other people read this dialogue and perhaps will be more enlightened by discovering that two people think the same about the importance of acoustic no ?

Excessive politeness dont replace clarity...

And by the way i never fake politeness...

And i dont keep grudges...Because i always say what is in my mind on the spot...

 

 

 

 

«Politeness is true act even when it is a pretend act, at the exclusion of sarcasm» --Groucho Marx learning Chinese 🤓

 

 

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thyname
3,107 posts
 

Excessive politeness dont replace clarity...

Agreed. Why don’t you just do it?

And by the way i never fake politeness...

Right…
 

 

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mahgister
13,137 posts
 

Here you may have a point...

I try to do it...But perhaps i am not so good at doing it as well as i think...

If i am not clear about something, please ask and say it...i will try my best...

English is not my first language, and i live in quebec city then i never learned it by speaking  but only by reading books with limited vocabulary... ( science and philosophy)

Good night... And thanks for the exhange... I like to discuss...Too much... Perhaps...

 

Excessive politeness dont replace clarity...

Agreed. Why don’t you just do it?

danoroo
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When are speakers considered Hi-Fi and not Mid-Fi???

To audio snobs the answer is, when they exceed a certain price point.  To music lovers they are meaningless terms. 

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