What hi-fi is may be a point of contention, but lossy compression certainly does not fit the bill.
In the 90s, quality took a detour as the age of Napster and the iPod ushered in the dominance of compressed digital audio files like the MP3, which destroy data in their quest to get file size down. Perhaps more importantly, CDs were one of the first mainstream digital audio formats, which helped pave the way to today's digital streaming age. In the early 1980s, CDs came along and eliminated a lot of the extra noise, like the crackling and other imperfections that like vinyl is now sought out for. "It made such an impact on recorded sound that people started referring to a ‘Hi-fi’ as a ‘Stereo’," explained Alex Munro, the brand director at Q Acoustics. With the addition of a second speaker, or second channel, stereo was able to add another layer of realism to the music. In the 1970s, the definition of hi-fi evolved with the introduction of stereo sound. The Argument Against a Wireless Hi-Fi System
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