Hi-Fi, Lo-Fi, Mid-Fi, No-Fi.

[musichal]

Stupid question Number 5768 by musichal:

Any love for lo-fi out there? Do you have a pretty crappy bookshelf system you actually like and use? What is your lowest fidelity bit of audio gear?

Me? Still liking my PC-based system with a Sony STR-DH130 receiver and Zenith Allegro 3000 speakers, even though my other two systems blow it way out of the water. Hey, maybe it would sound even better if I didn't keep it in water?

Sometimes I also like to listen to music using my C Crane CCRadio-EP or Sangean PR-D5, though they're mostly for ballgames. I consider my Tivoli PAL as mid-fi within the small portable genre.

 

[vinyldavid]

I like the sound that comes out of a sixties Panasonic portable radio with a 4" speaker that I have leftover from my grandfather. I also like the sound that comes out of my 1951/2 RCA console. But I like those types of sounds for completely different reasons and in completely different ways than my main system.

 

[ABEAR]

About as Lo-Fi as it gets



Good for the car tho.

 

[Ths364]

You forgot Fee-Fi, and Fo-Fum! Mine's a Sony HP-510a (not my actual unit) This one gets used as my shop radio while tinkering at my repair bench.

 

[RamblinE]

I always think of 'lo-fi' as a subgenre of indie rock.

 

[Rick Vestal]

Every Saturday night, there used to be a radio show hosted by a DJ for 4 hours. I don't, (well, didn't,) own anything with a tuner so I'd drag my clock radio into the office and listen.

 

[JesusChrysler]

I have a Realistic Quad receiver hooked to two pair of HK's.... 20's and 40's....

It's Groovy Man!!!





Matt

 

[Rick Vestal]

^^ Just saw your avatar and thought "Dustcover pushed in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ..."

 

[ABEAR]

^^ Just saw your avatar and thought "Dustcover pushed in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ..."

lmao

 

[JesusChrysler]

Rick: nah, Emmett is more of a push buttons and twist knobs on the tapedeck kind of boy....

And he's my listening buddy.

In my (vast) experience not many 2-year-olds will sit and rock out with ya.


Matt

 

[ABEAR]

Rick: nah, Emmett is more of a push buttons and twist knobs on the tapedeck kind of boy....

And he's my listening buddy.

In my (vast) experience not many 2-year-olds will sit and rock out with ya.


Matt

Matt,

Both of my girls do, I have one 4, and one 7 months. The little one dont so much as "rock out", but she likes and is accustom to very loud music and sleeps right through it.

I love sharing my music with my 4yo, I started late in life as i am 41, so its almost like i skipped a generation, I could be her grandfather. I am teaching her to love MY fathers music.

Just puts a grin on my face. When the love for something is timeless. My oldest was born in 2008, so God willing if she lives to 70, her favorite track from Steely Dan will be 100 years old when she listens to it in her latter years.

Steve

 

[JesusChrysler]

That's awesome Steve. I started early; my oldest will be 21. And I'm turning 40 this year. Yikes



Sorry O/T musichal, uhh at work I have a boombox that doesn't even have a brand name on it....



Matt

 

[musichal]

That's awesome Steve. I started early; my oldest will be 21. And I'm turning 40 this year. Yikes



Sorry O/T musichal, uhh at work I have a boombox that doesn't even have a brand name on it....



Matt

O/T is fine, this is just a fun thread; no serious audiophile issues to be resolved here. OTOH, I've been wrong before...never can see outcomes from get-goes 'roun' heah.

I hope a Moderator will repair my "Mid-Fi" typo ("Mif-Fi" currently) in the thread title, otherwise I may OD on OCD.

 

[BrocLuno]

Lo-Fi is a little Sony table radio that's been in my office at work for something like 20 years. I have the parts and pieces to make an actual decent stereo there, but didn't have the time to move stuff and assemble. Maybe now that I'm retired (5:00 PM Thursday ) - I'll do it. I'll still have some volunteer time for projects that are not complete so it would be nice to share at a more leisurely pace

More Lo-Fi - Sony Discman with ear buds for out leaf blowing and such

And a Grundig Yatchboy for days when the power is out and I want to listen to something :thmbsp:

 

[jrtrent]

A Bose Wave music system is what I use for anything I listen to off the internet (talk radio, archived sermons, YouTube videos, Netflix movies, NFL.com football games, and more), any DVD's I watch, plus local radio stations and some of the old-time radio shows I buy on MP3 format compact discs. I've even plugged in a turntable to its auxiliary input and enjoyed playing records with it, both at home and at the after-school program I volunteer at.

 

[Frank Sol]

One of those wind-up AM/FM/SW radios - Listened to it last night

Crank it for 45 sec and put it on the bedside table tuned in to Coasttocoastam then drift off to sleep hoping to get abducted by aliens

 

[McBru6177]

My version of Lo-Fi is a 1982 boombox I've had since a teenager: JVC M70. Unbelievable tuner, 6.5 drivers and tweeters. Great for the cottage deck.

 

[jrtrent]

One of those wind-up AM/FM/SW radios - Listened to it last night

My drift-off-to-sleep device is a C.Crane CCRadio2. In addition to all the radio it can pick up, I've also got a VHS/DVD player and tape deck hooked up to it. I've got lots of college course lectures and conference tapes to put me to sleep.

 

[Andyman]

A set of Yamaha powered computer speakers and Altec computer subwoofer hooked to my desktop. Works fine for youtubes and whatnot, but the laptop and DAC in the main rig are getting most of the online and digital playback time.

The little speakers really are fine for the desktop and I feel no need to upgrade with the main rig in the same room.

 

[rcspkramp]

My lowest-ft system that I actually forked over coin for ( $0.25 ) is a Sony pocket FM stereo Walkman feeding a pair of powered H/K computer speakers via the headphone jack. I did it just to see if I could.