new-fi
adj.— «It’s been a tough year for old-school, two-channel hi-fi, but the arrival of MP3 systems has launched an entirely new category that we Stuffers like to refer to as “new-fi.”» —“Stream if you want to go louder” Stuff (U.K.) Dec. 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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