Editing High-end audio (section)

== Definition ==
The distinction between the terms ''high end'' and ''[[high fidelity]]'' is not well defined.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.students.tut.fi/~jmikkola/hifiopas/highend.html#terminologiaa | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010902064129/http://www.students.tut.fi/~jmikkola/hifiopas/highend.html#terminologiaa | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2 September 2001 | title = Finnish hi-fi and high-end guide: terminology | language = fi }}</ref> According to one industry commentator, high-end could be defined as, "Gear below which's price and performance one could not go without compromising the music and the sound."<ref name=200801stereotimes>Szabady, Paul (January 2008). [http://www.stereotimes.com/acc010708.shtml "The Rega P3-24 Turntable"]. ''Stereo Times''. [https://archive.today/20131125074438/http://www.stereotimes.com/acc010708.shtml Archived] from the original on 21 November 2013</ref> [[Harry Pearson (audio critic)|Harry Pearson]], founder of ''[[The Absolute Sound]]'' magazine, is widely acknowledged to have coined the term ''high-end audio''.<ref>{{Cite web |first1=Steve |last1=Guttenberg |url=http://www.cnet.com/news/who-invented-high-end-audio/|title=Who invented high-end audio? |date=10 October 2009 |website=CNET|access-date=20 August 2020}}</ref>