More potential bad news for some big names...

I dont think that Fosi will die for example ...

The definition of what is low-fi versus High-fi could had meaning when the public had not easy access to knowledge as nowadays...

Excellence of design at any price for any and each one needs is not compatible With expression borderline to marketing insults..

My system at 1000 bucks dont rival Jay high end product for sure but is more than very good and i dont need it at all any high end product , thanks to mechanical,electrical and acoustical basic controls and synergy and wise choice...

By the way my Sansui and My AKG K340 were top of the world product 35 years ago and it is enough for me especially because i was even able to improve them...

There is no low fi, mid-fi or high fi, for me only excellence at all price for all needs and acoustics knowledge and principle put at work or not ...

All these Lo-Fi brands will die with the Retailers that sell them.

fact number 4 : in a crumbling unstable  world the young look for easy and light audio affordable components...

Fact number 5 :

Improved technology at very low cost which did not exist before revolutionize the traditional market...

Fact number 6 :

the internet accessibility of information about acoustics among audiophiles makes the high-end products less and less attractive because S.Q. result from knowledge not from marketing, result from basic common knowledge applied not from costlier upgrade which are not always a real new technological improvement anyway .

Fact number one: nobody NEEDS hi-fi.

Fact number two: hi-fi systems costing more than $10,000 are Veblin goods.

Fact number three: fidelity is only a relevant concept when listening to acoustic music such as classical or vintage jazz.