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    A domain in which a small subsection of society manifests its perfectionist and obsessive tendencies, and where after many years of pursuit, they realise that they are as mad as hatters just like the rest in the human predicament.

    But they are at least innocuous.

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    High Fidelity = reproducing the recording with as little added noise and distortion from the replay equipment as possible. It's that simple.

    Whether you like what that sounds like = totally different subject.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    High Fidelity = reproducing the recording with as little added noise and distortion from the replay equipment as possible. It's that simple.

    Whether you like what that sounds like = totally different subject.
    What you (one) has is your take on High Fidelty, your mate and countless others will have different ideas. If you like it what else matters.
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    Hi fi to me is - The ability to play and hear a format of music ,through equipment ,of a standard ,that allows the hearer to percieve the different pitch and tones of music ,in a superior way to lesser mediums ie radios laptops etc
    I only ride 'em, I don't know what makes 'em work

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oddball View Post
    Hi fi to me is - The ability to play and hear a format of music ,through equipment ,of a standard ,that allows the hearer to percieve the different pitch and tones of music ,in a superior way to lesser mediums ie radios laptops etc
    I totally agree

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    Its a marketing ploy for us minions to get involved with , no different to fishing / golf / bikes / watches I could go on
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    Or women Susanna Reid Louise Minchin Carol Kirkwood Ruth Langsford mmmmmm

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    All hi-fi is to me is a certain 'sound'. That sound that gives me goosebumps and often tears. A sound that is clear and precise. A sound that above all is emotional. If it is none of those things then to me, it is simply not good enough.

    This is why I usually refer to my setup as my sound system.
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    HiFi, to me, is a ecosystem that encompasses polar opposites ranging from gold plated machined works of art (think d'agostino) to bedroom built amps contained in houseware (think breadbin) populated by (predominantly) males with lots of time on their hands and (some) spare cash who continually obsess about cables/capacitors/resistors/psus/etc - in the hope they can get closer to a 'real' sound.

    Love every minute of it!



    [and for the avoidance of doubt I'm joking of course]
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    "I invented the phrase 'high fidelity' in 1927 to denote a type of sound reproduction that might be taken rather seriously by a music lover. In those days the average radio or phonograph equipment sounded pretty horrible but, as I was really interested in music, it occurred to me that something might be done about it."

    Errr....no not me but H A Hartley (1958)
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