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: equipment for reproduction of sound with high fidelity

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Zoom out: Since opening, the people behind Alibi have launched two other bars — hi-fi listening bar The Green Room, which is located in the same building, and Central Ninth's Vietnamese pub The Pearl. Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025 Rotel, the boutique audio brand based in Tokyo, has announced the launch of a premium micro hi-fi system designed for the kind of living spaces that are the norm in Japan’s congested capital city. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 Original Price: $19.99 Sale Price: $9.99 (50% off) True Wireless Bone Conduction Earphones These earphones conduct sound to your eardrums via your cheekbones, giving your ear canals a break and keeping you alert to outside sounds while still furnishing hi-fi audio. Ho Lin, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025 Tidal and Qobuz trumpet their hi-fi offerings; YouTube Music infuses its catalog with the output of the world’s largest video site; Apple Music offers a karaoke mode. Brad Shoup, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025 Slowly disappearing are the large stack hi-fi units so beloved of the 1970s and 1980s. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025 As part of the Panasonic empire, Technics was once a byword for hi-fi in the 1980s. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 This announcement follows a few fallow years for a brand that had a huge presence in the audio-visual and hi-fi markets. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 Typically priced at a steep $549, Sonos positions the Five as its true hi-fi option for audiophiles and vinyl listeners. Chris Welch, The Verge, 2 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of hi-fi was in 1948

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“Hi-fi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hi-fi. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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hi-fi

noun
ˈhī-ˈfī
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: equipment for reproduction of sound with high fidelity

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