单词 | mid-fi |
释义 | > as lemmasmid-fi mid-fi n. and adj. (designating) sound-reproduction equipment of a slightly lower quality than hi-fi. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > record-playing equipment phonograph1877 gramophone1887 Victrola1905 record player1913 box1916 radio phonograph1922 phono1925 Panatrope1926 radio-gramophone1927 radiogram1929 hi-fi1938 player1948 music centre1956 lo-fi1957 stereogram1958 gram1959 mid-fi1960 stereo1964 unit audio1966 wind-up1975 1960 Pract. Wireless 36 444/1 (advt.) ‘The Mid-Fi’. A new design. 1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers 7 There is still a margin between what the audiophiles term true hi-fi and general ‘domestic quality’, and here an entirely new and highly popular range of equipment is emerging. Some call this ‘mid-fi’ equipment,..but it is noteworthy that such equipment is already rising above the basic ‘domestic quality’ and entering into the hi-fi fringes. 1971 Hi-Fi Sound Feb. 64/3 Today's hi-fi will be tomorrow's mid-fi. 1994 N.Y. Times 7 Aug. ii. 16/3 In the more broadly distributed ‘mid-fi’ bracket, familiar Japanese name brands like Sony, Denon, Technics..and JVC still predominate. < as lemmas |
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