Hi Fi

Word HI FI
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Pronunciations /ˈhaɪˌfaɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Hi Fi"

What do we mean by hi fi?

High fidelity. noun

An electronic system for reproducing high-fidelity sound from radio or recordings. noun

High fidelity noun

High fidelity

A term arising from the 1950s denoting a high fidelity audio system. The term fell out of use after the advent of stereo, but is used today to denote a class of audio equipment above the mass market which reproduces audio faithful to the recording. The term is best used to differentiate real audiophile audio equipment from the myriad of clock radios, cheap home theater in boxes, and offcourse systems designed for listening to music of the urban persuasion. Urban Dictionary

Vodka and orange carbonated drink. much like a screwdriver, except with orange soda pop instead of orange juice, enducing a mad drunken sugar high when mixed with the right soda. Urban Dictionary

The way in which one person would greet another person named "Fi". Also (erroneously) short for "high fidelity" - used to describe recorded sound that sounds faithfully like the original production of the sound. It's a term that originated in the 1950's (before stereos) to describe sound-recording equipment that provided faithful reproductions, but nowadays is used mostly by audiophiles. Urban Dictionary

The best band in the world. Consists of Stacy, Jamie, Brian, and Drew. Stacy is the singer and the songwriter, not to mention HOT. They are the band with the hit song "Flavor of the Weak" in 2001, and a semi-popular song "Another Perfect Day" in 2001. They now have a second album out, called "The Art of Losing", which released February 25, 2003. Urban Dictionary

A tongue-in-cheek term dat ruefully refers to how costly a decent stereo system often can be. Urban Dictionary

A train station in Sydney that is near Richmond and sells electronics Urban Dictionary

JB Hi-Fi Limited is a publicly-listed Australian retailer that sells and specialises in consumer goods. JB Hi-Fi has locations in Australia and New Zealand. Urban Dictionary

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The word "hi-fi" in example sentences

Curated by the editors of Film Comment magazine, the 26-film series is an occasion for the Film Society of Lincoln Center to let its hair down, mix a stiff martini, put something swinging on the hi-fi and go a little mondo … if you catch the drift. ❋ Steve Dollar (2011)

A trial on the hi-fi restores parity a bit, but first impressions were crucial here. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Be it stamps, old hi-fi equipment, vintage pocketknives, or real estate, when it comes to collectibles, our passions run hot. ❋ Arthur Rosenfeld (2011)

Alone at the helm, founder Tod Lippy has reared Esopus to showcase artists in an ad-free context -- a superheroic feat in these dire times of hi-fi printed matter. ❋ Alexandra Marvar (2011)

With $10,000 in capital, the two engineers formed Harman-Kardon Inc. in 1953, and set about manufacturing the first integrated hi-fi system. ❋ Stephen Miller (2011)

But even after college and in the real world, the bulk of my entertainment budget was earmarked for music – ahead of movies, appliances, dining-out – everything except maybe the hi-fi to listen to it on. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some newer stereo receivers support hi-fi Bluetooth audio; some new smartphones include micro-HDMI cables that let you plug them into a TV; others include DLNA software to share media with other devices at home, including "connected TV" with their own Internet capability. ❋ Unknown (2011)

You'll have to deal with old-school speaker wire and installing the orbs into the Booster with a tiny screw-driver, but the set-up time is worth it for having what is essentially a full-fledged hi-fi on your desktop. ❋ Kevin Sintumuang (2011)

Bauhaus + beach: Low-lying hi-fi consoles, swoopy chairs, dude-ranch dresses, and those wonderful transparent "Case Study" houses up in the hills. ❋ Peter Plagens (2011)

I know terms like "jitter" reek of hi-fi wonkery, but even my philistine ears could detect it (it's less of a discrete sound than an overall sense of dullness), so here's a simplified explanation: To capture analog sound in a digital format, thousands of snapshots of a sound wave are taken each second (44,100 for CD quality). ❋ Michael Hsu (2011)

She put the album on her junior hi-fi with the one speaker in the cover. ❋ Binky Philips (2012)

Which? said it was not worth spending £25 on it as: "Our lab test showed it didn't reduce the power used, and actually increased it when it was linked to a plasma TV, a hi-fi or an energy-saving light bulb." ❋ Unknown (2011)

At age 23, he joined Braun—a leader in compact hi-fi systems and home appliances before the electric-razor market took off. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Ma would play her old sixties records on the hi-fi when she cleaned the house, or paid bills at the dining room table. ❋ Neil Serven (2011)

When you advise a woman to dally with men because they might, in exchange, arrange for that woman “to buy everything from electric blankets to hi-fi records wholesale,” then you have violated the signal code of people who were jolted from the middle class in the 1930s: their ardent desire to behave decently because, for a time in their lives, that behavior was all that separated them from the Helen Gurleys of the world. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal Two Orb Speakers plus Booster, from $390 For the Hi-Fi Enthusiast It's a bit much to treat your computer's speakers like a veritable hi-fi set up, but Orb audio's small-scale components let you do it without too much desk clutter. ❋ Kevin Sintumuang (2011)

All 1500 kids trooped into the auditorium for what turned out to be about 10 'acts', mostly fellow Rothschild students lip-synching and choreographed dancing like Four Tops and Marvelettes to Motown songs 45s being played backstage with a mic on the hi-fi going through the tiny tinny PA. ❋ Binky Philips (2011)

But anyone wondering why an F-18 fighter that should cost $18 million costs $90 million, or why operating a future fleet of F-35s is slated to cost more than $1 trillion, needs to realize that these problems arise out of a procurement system that dates back to the age of vacuum tubes and hi-fi sets. ❋ Arthur Herman (2012)

Low priced [high fidelity] system: Energy speakers,[Yamaha] or Pioneer electronics. Mid priced high fidelity system: Magnepan Speakers, Nad electronics. High priced high fidelity system: JmLab Utopia series loudspeakers with [Krell] electronics. Dude, I have a kick-ass hi-fi system, let's go listen to it. ❋ Angsuman Roy (2006)

1:"Dude, we were [bouncing off the walls] at the rave from all the [Hi-Fi's] we drank last night." 2:"Who the fuck goes to [raves]?" ❋ HouseWares (2009)

Fi: Hey there buddy! You: Hi-Fi! Pedophile: Come over here kiddie, these [Bose] speakers produce such high-fidelity sound! [Audiophile]: [No they don't]. ❋ Pedophile (2008)

American Hi-Fi was recently dropped from their [record label], [Island] [Def Jam]. ❋ Amanda (2004)

Unless you happen to find a "gem" of a tower-system at a yard sale or [thrift store], obtaining an above-average component-audio setup is usually a "[hi-fi]([nance])" undertaking! ❋ QuacksO (2022)

They build the JB HI-FI Train Station because it does not let you return [the product] unless it is unopened and before [30 days] of the [purchase]. ❋ Officeworks (2022)

"[mate] I just when to Jb Hi-Fi and [picked up] a new [phone]" ❋ Paridot Dino (2021)

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