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: equipment for reproduction of sound with high fidelity

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Inside, a long, gray bar — speckled like the surface of the moon — sits near a hi-fi stereo system. Kansas City Star, 26 Nov. 2025 Sometimes called listening bars or hi-fi bars, the establishments have proliferated on the East and West coasts and are gathering a following in Denver. Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2025 These have powerful noise cancellation, hi-fi sound, and clarity with mind-boggling battery life—up to 8 hours. Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2025 Fall, in any case, is a terrific time for tuning up the hi-fi. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025 Technics has also cooked in a phono-MM equalizer to cater for cabling up to a hi-fi system without needing to plug into a dedicated phono input. New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025 His new restaurant, Darling in Los Angeles, is his ode to the practice and includes a hi-fi lounge. Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025 The duo also run the hi-fi listening lounge Bar Shiru down the street, and like that place Moonglow is optimized for audio enjoyment. John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025 This technology has taken more than a decade to develop and consists of a three-layer diaphragm that sandwiches a soft foam layer between two layers of blended paper, resin and ZYLON, the high-performance material used in Yamaha’s flagship hi-fi speakers. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

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 5 Dec. 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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