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In Reply to: RE: Any mid-fi products below average in quality?... posted by wangmr on March 13, 2015 at 07:29:40
Buy a 400 dollar 7 channel receiver and you'll hear what low-fi sounds like.
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They can actually sound pretty good.
"it ain't necessarily so" - George Gershwin.
The Marantz NR-1405 mentioned previously in this thread is a case in point. Will it drive low impedance or highly reactive loudspeakers to lease-breaking levels with all channels driven? Certainly not? Can it serve as a quality anchor for a modest home theater or music system? Absolutely. Matched with appropriate loudspeaker and supported by a decent subwoofer, the little Marantz can sound quite good. My son's does.
not asking what low-fi sounds like.
roger wang
I guess we all have different definitions of mid-fi. I currently don't have a top end system and I live in the mid-fi range, 95% of my systems have been mid-fi. I don't think your price range (400-600) gets you into mid-fi. I have a NAD 165BEE pre-amp in one of my systems, I guess they sell for around 1000 bucks, it's definitely a mid-fi product. As are most under a thousand dollar pre-amps. At your budget, it will be a challenge to get into mid-fi.
I'm not even sure what you are asking for? Products that suck? That might be a long list. Perhaps it would be easier if you tell us what you are looking for.
and two points: it is possible to get decent to good quality in the 4 to 6 hundred dollar price range per component & what i'm looking for is simply what has been overrated and underperforming in that area.
roger wang
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