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The term "High End" needs to die. Long live Hi-Fidelity!

I think if we are going to keep this hobby accessible, and meaning anything we need to get rid of the expression "high end." In particular, lets get rid of the idea that money equals performance.


Lets get rid of the idea that there's an entry point to loving good sound.
erik_squires

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Why is it always the ones who aren’t really IN the high end who complain about it? 🤔
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Whatever.
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That’s a Strawman argument that human hearing differences are greater than differences in specifications. First and foremost is humans can often agree on what differences between components or cables or speakers are, so their hearing must be fairly similar.  Second, the room itself defines what a component or cable or speaker will sound like. And the system under test also defines differences that are heard by humans. Also, frequency response per se is probably not as big an issue for audiophiles as say, dynamic range.
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Coinkydink!! You owe me a coke!
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Hi Fi, Mid Fi, Lo Fi, what’s the diff? 😳
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