Yesterdays/yesteryears Hi-fi.When you can buy it for 10% of it's original price tag and still really enjoy it.
*I would also define it as audio gear that is two tiers down from higher-fi.
*It's a special spouse-friendly euphemism for any piece of heinously-expensive gear that can be snuck into a system and passed off as an innocuous addition that one can feign a lukewarm attitude toward. (The male equivalent to: "That old thing? Oh, that's been in the family for years, honey".)
*I would also define it as audio gear that is two tiers down from higher-fi.
*It's a special spouse-friendly euphemism for any piece of heinously-expensive gear that can be snuck into a system and passed off as an innocuous addition that one can feign a lukewarm attitude toward. (The male equivalent to: "That old thing? Oh, that's been in the family for years, honey".)