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Princeton's WordNet

  1. high fidelity, hi-fiadjective

    the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion

  2. high-fidelity, hi-fiadjective

    characterized by minimal distortion in sound reproduction

    "a high-fidelity recording"; "a hi-fi system"

Wiktionary

  1. high fidelitynoun

    An electronic system that reproduces a given sound or image with relatively high accuracy.

  2. high fidelityadjective

    Characterized by minimal distortion.

Wikipedia

  1. High fidelity

    High fidelity (often shortened to Hi-Fi or HiFi) is the high-quality reproduction of sound. It is popular with audiophiles and home audio enthusiasts. Ideally, high-fidelity equipment has inaudible noise and distortion, and a flat (neutral, uncolored) frequency response within the human hearing range.High fidelity contrasts with the lower-quality sound produced by inexpensive audio equipment, AM radio, or the inferior quality of sound reproduction that can be heard in recordings made until the late 1940s. In lo-fi music, such defects are themselves aspects of the music.

Wikidata

  1. High fidelity

    High fidelity—or hi-fi or hifi —reproduction is a term used by home stereo listeners and home audio enthusiasts to refer to high-quality reproduction of sound to distinguish it from the poorer quality sound produced by inexpensive audio equipment, or the inferior quality of sound reproduction characteristic of recordings made until the late 1940s. Ideally, high-fidelity equipment has minimal amounts of noise and distortion and an accurate frequency response. One effort to standardize the term was the 1966 German Deutsches Institut für Normung standard DIN 45500. DIN 45500 approval was intended to provide audio equipment buyers with reassurance that their equipment was capable of good quality reproduction. In theory, only stereo equipment that met the standard could bear the words 'Hi-Fi'. This standard was well intentioned but only mildly successful; in practice, the term was widely misapplied to audio products that did not remotely approach the DIN basis specifications.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of high fidelity in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of high fidelity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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