The answer as to what constitutes Mid-Fi versus Hi-Fi is predicated upon the habitus of the audiophile. The average person thinks that lower end rigs are higher than they are. The person with a tremendous amount of system building experience knows far better the true spectrum of performance.
Calling the designations Mid-Fi or Hi-Fi states of mind/attitude is, imo, unproductive in making a clear judgment. There are clear distinctions in performance; if you don't agree, feel free to revert to your computer monitor's built in speakers.
As someone who was a budget audiophile for many years, but in the past 14 was reviewed and built hundreds of rigs from approx. $10-100K, my range would be about like this:
$2-3K MSRP Mid-Fi
$5-10K MSRP lower end Hi-Fi
$10-40K MSRP midlle HiFi
$40K+ MSRP various shadings of upper end HiFi
I am not interested in arguing over or debating my assessment. :)
Calling the designations Mid-Fi or Hi-Fi states of mind/attitude is, imo, unproductive in making a clear judgment. There are clear distinctions in performance; if you don't agree, feel free to revert to your computer monitor's built in speakers.
As someone who was a budget audiophile for many years, but in the past 14 was reviewed and built hundreds of rigs from approx. $10-100K, my range would be about like this:
$2-3K MSRP Mid-Fi
$5-10K MSRP lower end Hi-Fi
$10-40K MSRP midlle HiFi
$40K+ MSRP various shadings of upper end HiFi
I am not interested in arguing over or debating my assessment. :)