Walk the Walk: Audio and Video Terms
From AAD to Voice Coils (we don't have any "Z" terms yet), this glossary will break-down the alphabet soup and "audiophile-speak." Credit for some terms: TheWhippinpost, Aaron Miller, Audio Concepts
A type of speaker that uses a flat diaphragm with a voice coil etched or bonded to it to radiate sound. If the magnets are both in front of and behind the d...
Tue, 14 Oct, 2014 at 2:01 PM
A speaker, (driver), used to reproduce the middle range of frequencies. A midrange is combined with a woofer for low frequencies and a tweeter for high fre...
Tue, 14 Oct, 2014 at 2:02 PM
Any speaker that encloses the backwave of the speaker device even though part of this backwave may be released via. a port or duct. The primary radiation at...
Tue, 14 Oct, 2014 at 2:03 PM
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors. Used in most modern, quality car audio amplifiers in the power supply (and sometimes in the output stag...
Tue, 14 Oct, 2014 at 2:04 PM
Listening term. A sound that is poorly defined, sloppy or vague. For example, a "muddy" bass is often boomy with all the notes tending to run toge...
Tue, 14 Oct, 2014 at 2:04 PM
Sounds like it is covered with a blanket. Weak highs or weak upper mids.
Tue, 14 Oct, 2014 at 2:04 PM