Are 8-tracks or cassettes consideredHi-Fi?

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Posted by mkuller (A) on May 4, 2007 at 10:46:18

In Reply to: Today someone asked if MP3 could be considered Hi-Fi... posted by DevillEars on May 4, 2007 at 07:32:29:

...throughout the recent history of recorded music, there have been other popular formats that were less than Hi-Fi.

When CDs first came out in the early 1980's, many audiophiles did not consider them to be High End.

High End audio survived - and will continue.

MP3 is not High End but anything that encorages people to listen to more music is positive.

There are High End digital download and playback formats.

For example, hi rez music downloads are available from MusicGiants @1100 kbps.

I recorded all the music on my iPod from CDs in Apple Lossless (compressed but not lossy), probably the most popular hi rez playback format.

A doctor I know from my gym got a new iPod, noticed mine and asked about it. I explained Apple Lossless and my Shure E5c earbuds (that cost more than the 60Gb iPod), then let him plug his cheap earbuds into mine to listen. He said he could hear the difference between mine and his MP3s - there was more music "there" - he described it as more dense. He said my set up was like a $70,000 Lexus and his was like a $20,000 Honda Civic - that got him where he wanted to go.

Spend some time in the 'Digtal-PC Audio' Asylum and you'll discover a whole world of High End digital audio and tweaking.

The future of High End audio is a home audio server with music recorded in hi rez.

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Topic - Today someone asked if MP3 could be considered Hi-Fi... - DevillEars 07:32:29 05/04/07 (11)

Some folk evidently persuade themselves that this is the case... - feet's too big 00:15:53 05/06/07 (0)

Perhaps... - rick_m 20:43:37 05/04/07 (0)

I disagree with the argument that lossy automatically = lo fi. - Ugly 13:11:06 05/04/07 (5)

Semantics: "Not Hi-Fi" does not equate to "Lo-Fi" - shades of grey... - DevillEars 15:10:16 05/04/07 (1)

Re: Semantics: "Not Hi-Fi" does not equate to "Lo-Fi" - shades of grey... - Ugly 16:54:06 05/04/07 (0)

Depends on who "no one" is... - mkuller 14:26:41 05/04/07 (2)

Re: Depends on who "no one" is... - Ugly 16:41:51 05/04/07 (1)

Thanks for your clarification... - mkuller 21:02:04 05/04/07 (0)

Are 8-tracks or cassettes consideredHi-Fi? - mkuller 10:46:18 05/04/07 (0)

ummm... can VC-1 / H.264 / MPEG2 be considered hi-def video? = it IS! - danny kaey 09:15:25 05/04/07 (0)

Re: Today someone asked if MP3 could be considered Hi-Fi... - ontrack2@gmail.com 08:17:33 05/04/07 (0)

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