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RE: What you do claim

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Tom Brennan

In Reply to: RE: What you do claim posted by E-Stat on May 24, 2008 at 10:26:15

"that only *marketing* separates mid-fi from the best available. Such is not the case."

Obviously there are some hi-fis better than others. My beef is that the hi-fi world did fine without marketing terms like "mid-fi" and it wasn't until vain and deluded Baby Boomers came into dough that such nonsense (and much other nonsense) started. I don't call a modest hi-fi a "mid-fi". I also don't call patch-cords "interconnects".

"To suggest that the finest systems, however, are merely a marketing spin, ignores reality"

Obviously. I own the finest systems myself and there's no marketing spin involved at all, at least not since 1976 or so.

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"Did Fine"? - E-Stat 12:16:59 05/24/08 (1)
My beef is that the hi-fi world did fine without marketing terms like "mid-fi" and it wasn't until vain and deluded Baby Boomers came into dough that such nonsense (and much other nonsense) started.

Wow. Such hostility towards progress! And I'm not talking magic dots or rocks, either. Since you continue to repeat the marketing canard, I will continue to point out that an honest, objective assessment of current performance levels is responsible for the "mid-fi" term.

I don't call a modest hi-fi a "mid-fi"

Apparently you have locked the adjective "high" into a particular static level set at an arbitrary time in history. 1976 you say? For me, the term is dynamic. Is a 1976 Corvette a "high performance" sports car? It was three decades ago, but now family sedans regularly outperform it in every way.

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- RE: "Did Fine"? - Tom Brennan 14:02:45 05/24/08 (0)
  "Wow. Such hostility towards progress! And I'm not talking magic dots or rocks, either. Since you continue to repeat the marketing canard, I will continue to point out that an honest, objective assessment of current performance levels is responsible for the "mid-fi" term."
  
  No hostility towards progress where it exists such as the JBL 2435 compression driver.
  
  The first time I ran into the term "mid-fi" was from magazine writers and writers usually have an agenda; being tastemakers and gatekeepers or pushing the interests of the audio business for instance. I didn't hear it talking to my buddies who were into this hobby. I'm not led by the nose, indeed I've a contrary nature that bridles at market speak.
  
  My honest and subjective impression is that damnned little progress has been made since 1976 or 1957 for that matter (you know why I say 1957). I use what I like. Certainly you don't think I should use what you like?

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