Are you really interested in 'Hi-Fi'?

[awkwardbydesign]

Hi-Fi is a truthful (objective), not a faithful (subjective) reproduction of what is presented to it.

Remind me, what is "fi" an abbreviaton of? 😀

 

[scott wurcer]

You need to tell wikipedia about that as they claim that the law was to stop it being yellow!

Yes we had to drive to Il to buy it colored yellow, Wisconsin made yellow margarine illegal for years. I was just a kid a proto-foodie and preferred the 1lb slabs of real unsalted butter my grandmother used.

You see how the immigrants adapted, even today in Europe at breakfast you might find a nice tub of pure white goose or pork fat served.

 

[HumbleDeer]

Remind me, what is "fi" an abbreviaton of? 😀

Fiddle-Diddle-Diddle.

Or perhaps Fidelity.

 

[Markw4]

Fiddle-Diddle-Diddle.

Or perhaps Fidelity.

Fi = Financial Investment?

 

[jean-paul]

You see how the immigrants adapted, even today in Europe at breakfast you might find a nice tub of pure white goose or pork fat served.

I have never seen that (thankfully) in any of the countries I visited in Europe. Here it is real butter or a version of margarine. The margarine industry used a lot of marketing and advertising speaking about the benefits and added vitamins to make it comparable to real butter. After having visited such a margarine factory I never touched the stuff again. Seemed too much a chemical affair to me. Many margarines have trans-unsaturated fatty acids in them which are not good for health.

 

[HumbleDeer]

Fi = Financial Investment?

Then it would be HiFI

 

[billshurv]

Beef Dripping. I miss that.

 

[awkwardbydesign]

Beef Dripping. I miss that.

Indeed. When I were poor (in the '60s) bread and dripping from a mobile cafe was all I could afford for breakfast. Pie and mash for dinner if I had enough money, or liquor and mash if I didn't. Ah, the good old days. 😀

 

[HumbleDeer]

Indeed. When I were poor (in the '60s) bread and dripping from a mobile cafe was all I could afford for breakfast. Pie and mash for dinner if I had enough money, or liquor and mash if I didn't. Ah, the good old days. 😀

I'm pretty sure pie is cheaper than liquor though?

 

[jean-paul]

You definitely need the liquor when eating in England.

 

[Charles Darwin]

I have never seen that (thankfully) in any of the countries I visited in Europe.

I have seen that in Germany but as a snack with a beer, never for breakfast.

 

[awkwardbydesign]

You poor foreigners don't understand English culture*! Liquor in a London pie and mash shop is a white cornflour sauce with parsley.
* A good example of an oxymoron. 😀

 

[HumbleDeer]

You poor foreigners don't understand English culture*! Liquor in a London pie and mash shop is a white cornflour sauce with parsley.
* A good example of an oxymoron. 😀

Is an English oxymoron an oxymoron by itself too?

 

[billshurv]

Fancy explaining that. For an Oxymoron to be funny it has to be instantly recognisable. So 'military intelligence' works. Your example doesn't unless you are being rude in an attempt at humour that has fallen a bit flat.

 

[awkwardbydesign]

Erm, I'd let that go. As a 15 year old Belgian I would think her grasp of English humour should be treated with tolerance.

 

[billshurv]

You mean Americans don't understand Oxymorons? Shame on you. 😛

 

[awkwardbydesign]

Belgians, dear boy. Americans don't understand irony. Allegedly.

 

[BigE]

An oxymoron is a term that appears to contradict it self. "Jumbo Shrimp" for example.

As for our Belgian 15 year old, I won't believe that poster is a 15 y.o. girl until she posts a selfie of herself and her subwoofer.

 

[scott wurcer]

I have never seen that (thankfully) in any of the countries I visited in Europe.

That is surprising considering Kosher rules require schmaltz in some cases.

As an effect of cross-cultural influences of the Jewish Ashkenazi, Polish, and Ukrainian cuisine, it is also popular in Poland and Ukraine, where rendered fats (including lard) are called smalec, with schmaltz derived from geese being popular as gęsi smalec.

When last in Heppenheim it was served at breakfast with dark bread every morning, maybe just our hosts taste.

 

[TNT]

"Stereo" is broken, I suppose most here agree.

Is there in existence a conceptual system model for a working, faithful, sound reproduction system (from real acoustic event to recreation as a real acoustic event)?

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