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

My mini Philips 3CD changer (laser pickup dead) that I bought for 45 cents with no speakers.

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I got a painfully big bunch of Lo-Fi and No-Fi. Just one example:

Sansui DX-500 Clock Radio

Via Ebay for five euros some time ago. I am a big fan of this brand and I am an owner of the 990DB and the 9090. So it was attractive for me to get this Sansui clock radio actually "Made in Japan."

This is a very rare item and it sounds like a croaking duck.
 
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I get a big kick out of a variety of old 8-tracks that I play with from time to time. It takes me back and my ears and the 8-track cartridges have about the same frequency response anyway. I like to put one into the stack just under the Carver amp and watch peoples reaction. Sometimes I leave an Elvis cart in it.
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Stupid question Number 5768 by musichal:
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I feel like I'm late to a party, could you please review the previous 5767 stupid questions I missed? Thanks.

My lo-fi? Magnapan MG-1 speakers driven by a Soundcraftsman pre and power amp pair, with a Setton player of vinyls with Shure cart.
 
The lowest I listen consists of B&W Nautilus, Krell pre and power, with a McIntosh TT -

just kidding guys :)
 
My KLH Model Eleven suitcase portable is pretty lo-fi by today's standards. But was probably one of the best sounding portable stereos back in the 60's.
 

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At home: Sony under-cabinet CD player in kitchen, Sony shower radio in upstairs bathroom.

At the store: Sharp boombox in workshop, Jeep boombox in kitchen.
 
For me it's this Sony ICF-38 that I found on the curb several years ago.
The only thing wrong with it was a failed tracing at the detector stage.
Has good fidelity and reception. I play NPR on it every morning for several hours.

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Lo-fi is alive and well among us hi-fi lovers it seems; cool. And very cool of those not afraid to confess, I think. Gotta be more. It's funny though, I saw a few things mentioned I'd like to have myself. Celt's ICF-38 portable just above is such a nice-lookin' little curb-find; kudos to him for the rescue and repair.
 
Every once in a while I hook up some of my crappy speakers to a random amplifier for the kicks. Last time I did I blew a tweeter...

I also listen to my laptop through earphones on occasion.
 
musichal said:
Lo-fi is alive and well among us hi-fi lovers it seems; cool. And very cool of those not afraid to confess, I think. Gotta be more. It's funny though, I saw a few things mentioned I'd like to have myself. Celt's ICF-38 portable just above is such a nice-lookin' little curb-find; kudos to him for the rescue and repair.
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Yeah, when I found it, I thought "what the heck?!?" I picked it up and turned it on, but it didn't have any batteries in it. So, I tucked it under my arm and took it home...installed batteries...but still nada on the FM side. Went into it and saw a lifted and broken tracing. Scraped away some of the lacquer and made a jumper with a piece of cap lead and it came to life!
Earlier in the year I had found this poor neglected thing on the curb from an empty rental property with a hole in it's lower bout.
Some patch work and new strings and it was ready for some young student! :)

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I have one of these that I like listening to in the kitchen, or the beach, or any other place that doesn't have my system in it. Its about the only time I listen to my cassettes haha.

Its an old classroom tape recorder, it has decent volume for its size

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My laptop audio rig is a Lepai amp (not the T amp, the other one) and an old pair of Onkyo Radian III speakers. No bass, not much for highs, but totally decent for youtube and such.

I also run a bunch of record changers. I'm rocking a Garrard AT6 on the workbench propped up on some spray paint caps and Stanton cartridge boxes at the moment. Looks a total mess, is way off level, and is honestly not a spectacular machine but I'm enjoying it very much right now.
 
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 after having moved to Korea recently. In the US, I was using a Samsung Note 2 but decided to go with a slightly smaller phone this time around. Incredible phone with a 1080P screen, a camera that produces very nice images and comes with the latest Android OS.

Anyways I use it on a daily basis when I'm out and about with a pair headphones and it's quite satisfactory for that purpose.

On a side note, one of the great things in Korea is the cell phone service and coverage. Full bars constantly, even underground in subways. LTE speeds are comparable to cable broadband speeds averaging between 10-16Mbps up and down. Add to that free WiFi coverage just about everywhere including inside subways.
 
When I bought my Recent 32" LED TV for the Living room I quickly found out how low SQ I would tolerate for Video. I found the sound Unacceptable from the TV's Tiny Speakers, No Bass!

I wanted something small enough to fit in the small stand, so I use an early model 2-way PSB Center Channel speaker w/2 x 4" woofers driven with the left channel of my 30+ year old Realistic 10 wpc Reciever. This makes a huge improvement over the TV Speakers despite being Mono, and tucks away nicely on the Shelf. I can even hear the low Rumble of the Desiel engines on the old fishing boat in "JAWS". It also makes a very good sounding Mono Radio.
 
My lo-fi was a Marantz superscope 200LP casette deck - sounded pretty good at the time. I didnt do much listening from it as it was mainly used as a tape drive for an old Exidy Sorcerer computer - the variable tape speed function was very useful to allow data to be read from crappy cassettes.
Still have it somewhere
 
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