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2. High fidelity - Wikipedia

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   High fidelity (often shortened to Hi-Fi or HiFi) is the high-quality reproduction of sound. [1] 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 .

3. Home audio - Wikipedia

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   The term "hi-fi," an abbreviation for high fidelity, was coined during this era to describe audio systems that aimed to reproduce sound with high accuracy and minimal distortion. The vinyl LP became popular during the 1950s, and the availability of affordable components such as turntables, speakers and amplifiers enhanced the sonic realism of ...

4. Loudspeaker - Wikipedia

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   Hi-fi speaker systems built with wide-range drivers may require large, elaborate or, expensive enclosures to approach optimum performance. A full-range drive unit loudspeaker using a whizzer cone. Full-range drivers often employ an additional cone called a whizzer: a small, light cone attached to the joint between the voice coil and the primary ...

5. Hi-Fi News & Record Review - Wikipedia

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   Hi-Fi News & Record Review is a British monthly magazine, published by AV Tech Media Ltd, [1] which reviews audiophile-oriented sound-reproduction and recording equipment, and includes information on new products and developments in audio. It is the oldest hi-fi title in the world, having been in publication since 1956.

6. List of Bose home audio products - Wikipedia

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   From 1990 until the early 2010s, Bose sold several 2.1 channel audio systems. The systems used two small satellite speakers and a subwoofer. Early versions of the systems used an in-built CD player, followed by a DVD player. Later versions were AV receivers that used external audio sources.

7. What Hi-Fi? - Wikipedia

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   What Hi-Fi? is a website and magazine published by Future. It is a buying guide for consumer electronics, featuring news, reviews and features on hi-fi , home cinema , television and home audio . The website, whathifi.com , is updated daily, while the magazine is published thirteen times per year.

8. Optonica - Wikipedia

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   Optonica amplifier (SM-3636) and tuner (ST-3636) from 1978. The Optonica brand was created and first launched by Sharp of Japan in 1975 to compete in the high-end audio market along with established brands such as Sansui Electric, Sony, Panasonic, Sanyo, Yamaha, Nakamichi, Onkyo, Fisher Electronics, Technics (brand), Pioneer Corporation, Kenwood Corporation, JVC, Harman Kardon and Marantz.

9. Audio system measurements - Wikipedia

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   A system may have low distortion for a steady-state signal, but not on sudden transients. In amplifiers, this problem can be traced to power supplies in some instances, to insufficient high-frequency performance or to excessive negative feedback. Related measurements are slew rate and rise time. Distortion in transient response can be hard to ...