Antedating of "Hi-Fi"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sat Dec 8 15:45:19 UTC 2012


hi-fi (OED 1950)

1948 _Billboard_ 23 Feb. 74/1 (Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive)  (adv't) For sale: RCA control console ... four 2 stage peramps, Ferranti trans. HI-FI.

Fred Shapiro

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