Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An electronic device that plays phonograph records, reproducing the original sound with a high degree of fidelity. It superseded the older phonographs, and itself is being displaced in popularity by CD players.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun equipment for the reproduction of sound with high fidelity
- adjective characterized by minimal distortion in sound reproduction
- noun the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion
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Game on, for real this time - Nexus One has OpenGL ES 2.0 support GenevaSound S stuffs 'hifi' and 'pretentious' into smaller $299 box
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Game on, for real this time - Nexus One has OpenGL ES 2.0 support GenevaSound S stuffs 'hifi' and 'pretentious' into smaller $299 box
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Game on, for real this time - Nexus One has OpenGL ES 2.0 support GenevaSound S stuffs 'hifi' and 'pretentious' into smaller $299 box
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Game on, for real this time - Nexus One has OpenGL ES 2.0 support GenevaSound S stuffs 'hifi' and 'pretentious' into smaller $299 box
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GenevaSound S stuffs 'hifi' and 'pretentious' into smaller $299 box Yamaha turns up the bass, brings the noise with its YSP-5100 Digital Sound Projector HiPhone F320: a rotary phone and an iPod nano walk into a bar ...
Engadget 2009
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Game on, for real this time - Nexus One has OpenGL ES 2.0 support GenevaSound S stuffs 'hifi' and 'pretentious' into smaller $299 box
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Regarding keyboards - agreed, the mac keyboard is both beautiful and functional - I use on on our media center PC because the aluminum matches the case and blends in well with the stereo/hifi components. joeenuk
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TV clips from hifi, party record and hootenanny days from the TV shows Playboy's Penthouse and Playboy After Dark feature folk singers Pete Seeger and Joan Baez and rare performances.
Martha Rosenberg: Will Hugh Hefner Be Remembered as a Visionary or a Flesh Peddler? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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Regarding keyboards - agreed, the mac keyboard is both beautiful and functional - I use on on our media center PC because the aluminum matches the case and blends in well with the stereo/hifi components.
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Bluetooth is only a few hundred kbps, not enough for hifi.
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