lo-fi

 
Pronunciation: /ˈləʊfʌɪ/
(also low-fi)

adjective

  • of or employing sound reproduction of a lower quality than hi-fi: lo-fi recording techniques
  • (of popular music) recorded and produced with basic equipment and thus having a raw and unsophisticated sound.

noun

[mass noun]
  • lo-fi sound reproduction or music.

Origin:

1950s: from an alteration of low1 + -fi on the pattern of hi-fi