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 sense of cohesion and subjective "rightness" in the sound.
Tue, 14 Oct, 2014 at 2:05 PM
To greatly decrease the volume level. Many receivers and pre-amplifiers have a muting control which allows the volume level to be cut way down without chang...
Tue, 14 Oct, 2014 at 2:05 PM
What goes into a system comes out changed by its passage through that system-in other words, distorted. The ideal of an audio component and an audio system ...
Tue, 14 Oct, 2014 at 2:06 PM
An octave is a doubling or halving of frequency. 20Hz-40Hz is often considered the bottom octave. Each octave you add on the bottom requires that your spea...
Tue, 14 Oct, 2014 at 2:07 PM
the position relative to a line straight ahead of the diaphragm. Off-axis vertical and off-axis horizontal.
Tue, 14 Oct, 2014 at 2:07 PM
The basic law of electric circuits. It states that the current [I] in amperes in a circuit is equal to the voltage [E] in volts divided by the resistance [R...
Tue, 14 Oct, 2014 at 2:08 PM