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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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Showing 1 response by nitewulf

nitewulf
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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. 

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