Mid-Hi End
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I realize that this may be a difficult question to answer since the answer
is so subjective, but here goes anyway. When in your opinion does mid-fi
end
and hi-end start, with the various audio building blocks (amp, speakers,
etc.). Thank you.
I'll take a stab, based on criteria I've evolved over the years.
When you start finding that you stop listening to the "electronics" and
start suspending disbelief and listening to the music as if the musicians
are playing "right there". This can happen at different price points
depending on the manufacturer's committment and savvy, and the power demands
of the speakers/room combination, and the type of music you listen to. For
sources, natural "timbre" and transient response/transparency for all voices
and instruments at all volume levels. For electronics, I find it requires
the ability to pass 'body" as well as frequency response, and not to strain
at the maximum dynamics required for realism. In speakers, "continuity and
transparency", so that the music detaches from the speakers and images with
depth and a natural soundstage, and these don't change with volume up to the
maximum demands of the music. In cables, utter transparency that doesn't
muck with either of the above. If all conditions are met, it is truly a
hi-end system for whatever type of music you listen to. Short of that, at
least some elements are mid-fi and can be bettered significantly.
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