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Electroacoustics / Soundscape Studies |
Abbr. for high-fidelity, that is, a system reproducing a full audio frequency spectrum (20 to 20,000 Hz) and a favourable signal-to-noise ratio. The most general use of the term is in electroacoustics, such as when applied to an amplifier or a recording.
Compare: Quality, Presence. See also: Dynamic Range.
In terms of soundscape studies, the hi-fi environment is one where all sounds may be heard clearly without being crowded or Masked by other sounds and Noise.
Compare: Lo-Fi. See: Acoustic Space, Clairaudience, Feedback, Sound Event, Soundwalk.
Sound Example: A piazza in Cembra, Italy, with voices and footsteps in the foreground, a more distant church bell, and a choir from another church in the middle ground.
A DC elevator in an old building in Vancouver. Note the absence of electrical hum.